Book Review of "The Supreme Court Reborn"
William Leuchtenburg's book on "The Supreme Court Reborn" contains nine different essays that talks about the constitutional crisis of the 1930s. Each of the articles focused on the various aspects of the said crisis. Leuchtenburg used these nine articles to stress out his point that whatever decision that the Supreme Court has made during those early 1930s, the decisions came, not from the members of the court, but from the smaller groups or members of Justice Department officials such as the then President Roosevelt, Homer Cummings (the president's attorney general) and Edward Corwin (the departmental consultant). The first four chapters talk about various Supreme Court decisions concerning seemingly alike cases, namely (http://www.unt.edu/lpbr/subpages/reviews/leuchten.htm, 1995):1.The 1927 Buck vs. Bell case - the case that is closely relevant constitutional crisis of 19372.The 1935 Retirement Board vs. Alton R. Company - the case that
The last and final chapter, which was entitled as "The Birth of America's Second Bill of Rights," is basically the survey highlighting various other court's controversy - from John Marshall's decision in Barron vs. showcased the anti-new deal decision which has invalidated the Railway Retirement Act of 19343. The said constitutional revolt was initially established when the members of the Supreme Court unvaryingly upheld New Deal economic and regulatory legislation. It should be remembered that Black was nominated by Roosevelt to replace Willis Van Devanter who had resigned in the middle of the Court-packing debate. Indeed, there are issues in the past government system which not all are aware of. Parrish case - the case that was viewed as the Court's gesture of capitulating on to the New DealThese four cases are specifically chosen by Leuchtenburg because the said cases reflect how Supreme Court was during the early 1930s. Another chapter tackles the battle over Hugo black's confirmation. Moreover, these cases also show why and how the constitutional crisis started. This book gives a different perspective on what was happening during the history of US and the US Supreme Court. The court-packing plan, the reversal of it and the never-ending arguments in the cabinet were also highlighted thereby creating a clearer picture to every reader's mind regarding the kind of government and of the court that US had back then. The articles tackled also showcased a major part of the history, particularly the constitutional crisis. With this book, the author had not only disclosed such issues, he was also able to trigger the mind of the many and made the people reflect about the kind of government the US has had.
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