FDR and the Transformation of the Supreme Court

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This month, we hosted a conversation about FDR and the Transformation of the Supreme Court. Legal historian Laura Kalman, author of FDR’s Gambit: The Court Packing Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism; Ken Kersch, professor of political science at Boston College and author of Conservatives and the Constitution; and Jeff Shesol, author of Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court, joined Jeffrey Rosen to discuss Franklin D. Roosevelt’s constitutional legacy, the court packing fight, and how his Supreme Court appointees transformed America. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:08.8	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:12.0	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan
0:14.1	nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the
0:18.1	Constitution among the American people. This month we hosted a conversation about FDR and the Supreme Court.
0:26.6	We were joined by Legal Historian Laura Coleman, author of FDR's gambit, the court packing
0:31.8	fight in the rise of legal liberalism.
0:34.2	Ken Kirsch, professor of political science at Boston College, and author of conservatives
0:38.1	in the Constitution, and Jeff Schesel, author of Supreme Power Franklin Roosevelt
0:42.4	versus the Supreme Court.
0:45.4	We're sharing it with you now as part of our Best of 2022 Town Hall series.
0:50.9	Enjoy the show and happy holidays.
0:53.9	Jeff, let's start with you, if I may.
0:56.2	Your book, Supreme Power of Franklin Roosevelt
0:58.8	versus the New Deal is, I read with the greatest pleasure and recommend it to all of our Constitution Center friends
1:05.6	as the best place to begin to understand the court packing fight and its legacy.
1:11.8	Please introduce to our great listeners
1:15.4	what the court packing fight was about
1:17.8	and what we should make of it.
1:19.4	Well, thanks so much, Jeff.
1:21.1	And just before I begin, I just want to thank you the National
1:25.7	Constitution Center and just say how grateful I am to be on a panel with three of you, three people whose work I so admire and have referred to and learned from over the years.
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