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Book Review: Supreme Power By Jeff Shesol. New York: W.W. Norton Press, 2009., Craig Jackson

Craig L. Jackson

Abstract

Jeff Shesol’s latest book, SUPREME POWER, is a detailed account of the Roosevelt Administration’s efforts to forge fundamental change in government policy during the Depression, and the obstacles to that change coming from the Supreme Court. Many readers have noticed similarities between the Roosevelt story as portrayed by Shesol and the current administration leading many to consider whether the experiences of the 1930s can be instructive for the current political/economic climate. Underlying policy, whatever the era, is law and a concurrent inquiry to the policy lessons is whether or not the Roberts Court is likely to be as critical …