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The "Three Musketeers" was the nickname given to three liberal members during the 1932–37 terms of the United States Supreme Court, who generally supported the New Deal agenda of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They were Justices Louis Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, and Harlan Fiske Stone.
The "Three Musketeers" was the nickname given to three liberal members during the 1932–37 terms of the United States Supreme Court, who generally supported the New Deal agenda of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They were Justices Louis Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, and Harlan Fiske Stone.
The "Four Horsemen" and the "Three Musketeers" The Supreme Court during this period was ideologically divided. The conservative bloc, known as the "Four Horsemen" (Justices George Sutherland, James McReynolds, Pierce Butler, and Willis Van Devanter), consistently opposed New Deal legislation.
On January 28, 1916, Wilson nominated Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite fierce controversy surrounding his nomination, the Senate confirmed him on June 1 in a 47-22 vote. Brandeis took the judicial oath four days later, becoming the first Jewish Justice in Supreme Court history.
The "Three Musketeers" was the nickname given to three liberal members during the 1932–37 terms of the United States Supreme Court, who generally supported the New Deal agenda of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The "Four Horsemen" (in allusion to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) was the nickname given by the press to four conservative members of the United States Supreme Court during the 1932–1937 terms, who opposed the New Deal agenda of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Jun 22, 2022 · The Four Horsemen vs. The Three Musketeers: A Supreme Court Divided on the New Deal. Mike Holme. Jun 22, 2022. ∙ Paid. The American people may not have known it in 1932, but when they elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt, they kicked off nothing short of a peaceful revolution.
