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History Frowns on Partisan Gerrymandering

On the eve of a major redistricting case at the Supreme Court, a look back at what the nation's founders would have thought.

by Michael Waldman, Cliff Sloan via Washington Post
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on October 1, 2017

The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made

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Supreme Court justices William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, and Owen J. Roberts at the White House.

FDR’s Compliant Justices

The Supreme Court’s deference to FDR during World War II resulted in unjustifiable ethical breaches.

by Jed S. Rakoff via New York Review of Books on November 14, 2024

Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone

The Supreme Court's World War II Battles

The Franklin Roosevelt-shaped Court wrestled with individual rights as the nation fought to save itself and the world.

by Robert L. Tsai via Washington Monthly on October 30, 2023

In July 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt swore in Attorney General Robert Jackson as a Supreme Court justice. Jackson and Roosevelt often played poker together.

How FDR’s Influence Over the Supreme Court Transformed History

In “The Court at War,” Cliff Sloan examines the close relationship between FDR and the high court during World War II.

by Michael Bobelian via Washington Post on September 22, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone photographed with a book.

The Supreme Court's World War II Battles

Cliff Sloan’s new book explains how the Franklin Roosevelt-shaped Court wrestled with individual rights as the nation fought to save itself and the world.

by Robert L. Tsai via Washington Monthly on September 22, 2023

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