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Constitutional Law in 1939–1940: The Constitutional Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in the October Term, 1939

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Robert E. Cushman
Robert E. Cushman
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Cornell University
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During the 1939 term, President Roosevelt made his fifth appointment to the Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Butler died on November 16, 1939. Attorney-General Frank Murphy was appointed to this vacancy and took his seat on February 5, 1940. Presidents Lincoln and Taft also appointed five members of the Court; only President Washington and President Jackson appointed more than five. By his policy of choosing younger men, President Roosevelt reduced the average age of the members of the Court from seventy-two to sixty-one in less than three years. This change is important because it brings to the work of the Court younger and more vigorous men; it is also important because it extends the President's influence, through his appointment of justices, over a much longer period of time. It seems probable that we shall have a “Roosevelt Court” for many years to come.

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Research Article
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American Political Science Review , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , April 1941 , pp. 250 - 283
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1941

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1 Carter v. Carter Coal Company, 298 U.S. 238, 1936. See this Review, Vol. 31, p. 259.

2 310 U.S. 381, 1940.

3 291 U.S. 502, 1934. See this Review, Vol. 29, p. 45.

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