Justice and Faith : : the Frank Murphy Story

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Call Number: 921 Murphy, Frank
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Preface -- Chapter 1. Childhood on the Shores of Lake Huron -- Chapter 2. Murphy's Formal Education and His Exposure to Progressive Ideas -- Chapter 3. World War I: A Leap over the Top -- Chapter 4. United States Attorney's Office: Enforcing Laws as a Patriotic Duty -- Chapter 5. Private Practice as a Path to Politics -- Chapter 6. Reformer on the Criminal Court Bench -- Chapter 7. The Ossian Sweet Trial: A Black Defendant and a White Jury -- Chapter 8. Murphy as Mayor: Calling a Depression a Depression -- Chapter 9. Mayor Murphy's Direct Appeal to Washington for Aid -- Chapter 10. The New Deal and Murphy --
Chapter 11. Murphy to the Philippines -- Chapter 12. The Campaign for Governor -- Chapter 13. A Governorship Dominated by Labor Strife -- Chapter 14. Murphy's Ineffective Reelection Campaign -- Chapter 15. Murphy as Attorney General of the United States -- Chapter 16. The Supreme Court: Murphy's Initial Years -- Chapter 17. The Japanese-American Internments and the Supreme Court Curfew Cases -- Chapter 18. Murphy's Supreme Court Confronts the Expulsions -- Chapter 19. Last Years -- Chapter 20. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
"Frank Murphy was a Michigan man unafraid to speak truth to power. Born in 1890, he grew up in a small town on the shores of Lake Huron and rose to become Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, and finally a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. One of the most important politicians in Michigan's history, Murphy was known for his passionate defense of the common man, earning him the pun "tempering justice with Murphy." Murphy is best remembered for his immense legal contributions supporting individual liberty and fighting discrimination, particularly discrimination against the most vulnerable. Despite being a loyal ally of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when FDR ordered the removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, Supreme Court Justice Murphy condemned the policy as "racist" in a scathing dissent to the Korematsu v. United States decision--the first use of the word in a Supreme Court opinion. Every American, whether arriving by first class or in chains in the galley of a slave ship, fell under Murphy's definition of those entitled to the full benefits of the American dream. Justice and Faith explores Murphy's life and times by incorporating troves of archive materials not available to previous biographers, including local newspaper records from across the country. Frank Murphy is proof that even in dark times, the United States has extraordinary resilience and an ability to produce leaders of morality and courage."--Amazon.com.

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