03250cam a2200337 a 4500 94164 BD-DhUL 20170420154919.0 930422s1994 nju b 001 0 eng 93013698 0691032645 94164 DLC eng BD-DhUL DLC OrLoB-B n-us--- 347.7312 20 ROM Ross, William G., 1954- A muted fury : populists, progressives, and labor unions confront the courts, 1890-1937 / William G. Ross. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994. 339 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. The Seeds of Discord -- 2. Challenges to Constitutional Orthodoxy -- 3. Meliorative Measures -- 4. Reconstructing the Bench -- 5. The Judicial Recall Movement -- 6. Theodore Roosevelt and the Judicial Referendum -- 7. Ebb and Flow, 1913-1921 -- 8. The Taft Court and the Return of "Normalcy" -- 9. The La Follette Proposal -- 10. The Borah Proposal -- 11. The Supreme Court Calms the Tempest -- 12. The Judicial Issue in the 1924 Election -- 13. Final Conflicts, 1925-1937. For half a century before 1937, populists, progressives, and labor leaders complained bitterly that a "judicial oligarchy" impeded social and economic reform by imposing crippling restraints on trade unions and nullifying legislation that regulated business corporations. A Muted Fury, the first study of this neglected chapter in American political and legal history, explains the origins of hostility toward the courts during the Progressive Era, examines in detail the many measures that antagonists of the judiciary proposed for the curtailment of judicial power, and evaluates the successes and failures of the anti-court movements. Tapping a broad array of sources, including popular publications and unpublished manuscripts, William Ross demonstrates that this widespread fury against the judiciary was muted by many factors, including respect for the judiciary as a guardian of personal liberties and property rights, internal divisions among the judiciary's critics, institutional obstacles to reform, and the judiciary's own willingness to mitigate its hostility toward progressive legislation and labor. Ross argues that persistent criticism of the courts influenced judicial behavior, even though the antagonists of the courts failed in their many efforts to curb judicial power. The book's interdisciplinary exploration of the complex interactions among politics, public opinion, judicial decision-making, the legislative process, and the activities of organized interest groups provides fresh insights into the perennial controversy over the proper scope of judicial power in America. Judicial review United States History. Judicial power United States History. Labor unions Law and legislation United States History. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/93013698.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin031/93013698.html ddc BK ANL YY 347.7312 R827 190035 190035 0 0 ddc 0 347_731200000000000_ROM 1 NFIC 326491 DUL DUL ASC 2017-04-20 Gift 347.7312 ROM 348732 2017-04-20 1 2017-04-20 BK