Barry Cushman and G. Edward (Teddy) White agree on at least this much, namely, that the “constitutional revolution” of the early twentieth century cannot be satisfactorily explained as a short term judicial response to external political pressures generated by the New Deal. In a six-page, single-spaced summary, describe how each does account for it. This paper is due no later than the end of class, our last day of instruction.
Relevant readings for Cushman’s account:
Preface vii
Intro 3-7
All of Part IV, but especially Chapter 12
Relevant readings for White’s account:
Intro 1-10 all –but do see the discussion of modernity and modernism on pp. 5-7,9,10
Part I COMPLICATING THE CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNT 11-12*
CHAPTER 1 THE CONVENTIONAL ACCOUNT 13-32**
CHAPTER 6 – all –
CHAPTER 7 – all –
Index: see the entries under “Cushman, Barry”
*See especially the first paragraph of page 11 and the last paragraph of page 12.
** See particularly the references to “historiography” (the writing of history); see the ‘three versions’ discussed throughout, and note what each version is about, but do not spend a lot of time on what books discuss each version.