How Long to Read The Court at War

How Long Does it Take to Read The Court at War?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 45 minutes to read The Court at War by Cliff Sloan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country, with consequences that endure today By the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice. But the wartime Roosevelt Court had two faces. One was bold and progressive, the other supine and abject, cowed by the charisma of the revered president. The Court at War explores this pivotal period. It provides a cast of unforgettable characters in the justices—from the mercurial, Vienna-born intellectual Felix Frankfurter to the Alabama populist Hugo Black; from the western prodigy William O. Douglas, FDR’s initial pick to be his running mate in 1944, to Roosevelt’s former attorney general and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert Jackson. The justices’ shameless capitulation and unwillingness to cross their beloved president highlight the dangers of an unseemly closeness between Supreme Court justices and their political patrons. But the FDR Court’s finest moments also provided a robust defense of individual rights, rights the current Court has put in jeopardy. Sloan’s intimate portrait is a vivid, instructive tale for modern times.

How long is The Court at War?

The Court at War by Cliff Sloan is 462 pages long, and a total of 116,424 words.

This makes it 156% the length of the average book. It also has 142% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Court at War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 36 minutes to read The Court at War aloud.

What Reading Level is The Court at War?

The Court at War is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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