FDR's Appointed Justices
FDR Presidential Library director Paul Sparrow discussed how President Franklin Roosevelt appointed eight U.S. Supreme Court justices with scholars Ralph Blumenthal and John Barrett. The FDR library hosted this virtual event.
Description
FDR Presidential Library director Paul Sparrow discussed how President Franklin Roosevelt appointed eight U.S. Supreme Court justices with scholars Ralph Blumenthal and John Barrett. The FDR library hosted this virtual event.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What does John Q. Barrett say about Justice Robert Jackson?
- Which justice does Barrett say was the most significant of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's (FDR) appointments? Why?
- Summarize what Ralph Blumenthal says about the relationship between Senator Joe Robinson and FDR.
- What does Barrett say about Justice Felix Frankfurter?
- Based on the clip, why was FDR's elevation of Harlan Fiske Stone to serve as the Chief Justice seen as "bipartisan?"
Additional Resources
- Bell Ringer: Franklin Roosevelt
- Bell Ringer: Symbolic Speech
- Bell Ringer: Tinker v. Des Moines- The Dissenting Opinion
- Bell Ringer: Landmark Cases: Baker v. Carr - The Second Conference, Decision, and Dissent
- Bell Ringer: The History of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
- Lesson Plan: The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bipartisan
- Civil Liberty
- Conservative
- Dissent
- Egalitarian
- Judicial Restraint
- Justice
- Korematsu V. United States
- Ku Klux Klan
- President
- Republican
- Stigma
- Supreme Court