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A 5 page analysis of Leuchtenburg's insightful commentary on the legacy of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. According to Leuchtenburg, a constitutional crisis occurred in the 1930s when Roosevelt was increasingly rebuffed by a highly conservative and seemingly unswayable Supreme Court's rejection of the his New Deal program to meet the needs of America's economic collapse. Leuchtenburg skillfully traces the development of FDR's plan to counter this opposition and the subsequent developments are discussed. No additional sources cited.
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constitutional revolution that took place in 1937. The book consists of nine articles that Leuchtenburg has written on this subject over the course of his career. They have all been
revised and updated to reflect Leuchtenburgs evolving sensibility to FDRs achievements. Seven of the articles concentrate on the FDR presidency, especially "Franklin D. Roosevelt: the first Modern President" In this
essay, Leuchtenburg argues compelling that "America, and indeed the world, differed markedly in 1945 from what is had been in 1933, to no small degree because of FDRs actions" (12).
According to Leuchtenburg, a constitutional crisis occurred in the 1930s when Roosevelt was increasingly rebuffed by a highly conservative and seemingly unswayable Supreme Courts rejection of the his New Deal
program to meet the needs of Americas economic collapse. Leuchtenburg skillfully traces the development of FDRs plan to counter this opposition. After FDRs sweeping 1936 election, which was "widely seen
as a ratification of the Welfare State," proposed by FDR, the Court reversed its previous position in early 1937 (Leuchtenburg 158). A shift by one justice created a New
Deal majority for several crucial decisions, including Social Security and the National Labor Relations Act. A closer look at how this landmark legislation came about verifies Leuchtenburgs assessment. Many
of the components of the New Deal were passed into law during Roosevelts first term; however, for every action, there is a reaction?to badly quote Newton?and, the reaction to the
New Deal was both loud and severe among the nations conservative factions. Conservative businessmen and politicians joined together to form the Liberty League and they vehemently opposed such New
Deal measures as the Social Security and Wagner Acts. Roosevelt was vilified throughout the conservative press and his opponents termed him a dictator. Despite all of this bad
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