FDR’s Second 100 Days Were Cooler Than His First 100 Days ... as the Supreme Court seemed poised to begin striking down much of the New Deal. But instead, Roosevelt chose to pursue a new, ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” helped raise America’s economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s and set the country on course to become a superpower.

FDR appointed all people close to him who he deemed loyal and supportive of the new Deal. Indeed, Byrne stepped down from the Court to take a position in the administration.

In his second term, Roosevelt faced continued pushback on his “New Deal” programs from the United States Supreme Court. In response, he sought to expand the court from nine Justices to as many ...

To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...

FDR and The New Deal During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired.

Catholic social teaching was central in the formation of the New Deal, as the U.S. bishops' 1919 program for social reconstruction advocated many programs Franklin Delano Roosevelt would later enact.

After the 1934 midterm elections reaffirmed popular support for the New Deal, Roosevelt ... The minimum-wage case was the first in a stream of decisions sustaining the core of the Second New Deal.

If there’s a mirror image opposite to Donald Trump’s second-term blitz, it’s Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose first 100 days in office is the model for presidents who want to get things done.

In his second term, Roosevelt faced continued pushback on his “New Deal” programs from the United States Supreme Court. In response, he sought to expand the court from nine Justices to as many ...