Scorpions -- Feldman

A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A backcountry lawyer who started off trying cases about cows and went on to conduct the most important international trial ever. A self-invented, tall-tale Westerner who narrowly missed the presidency but expanded individual freedom beyond what anyone before had dreamed. <p/> Four more different men could hardly be imagined. Yet they had certain things in common. Each was a self-made man who came from humble beginnings on the edge of poverty. Each had driving ambition and a will to succeed. Each was, in his own way, a genius. <p/> They began as close allies and friends of FDR, but the quest to shape a new Constitution led them to competition and sometimes outright warfare. Scorpians tells the story of these four great justices: their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It also serves as a history of the modern Constitution itself.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Noah Feldman<br><b>Publisher:</b> Twelve<br><b>Published:</b> 10/03/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 528<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.30lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780446699280<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times Book Review</i> 10/23/2011 pg. 32<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>