Three Musketeers (Supreme Court)

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The Three Musketeers were a trio of liberal justices on the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1930s who consistently supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation against conservative opposition.

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instanceOf informal group of justices
judicial faction
activeDuring Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED
associatedWith New Deal constitutional history
composition three justices
contrastsWith judicial conservatism of the Four Horsemen
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field United States legal history
constitutional law
hasMember Benjamin N. Cardozo NERFINISHED
Harlan F. Stone NERFINISHED
Louis Brandeis NERFINISHED
historicalContext constitutional crisis over New Deal legislation
ideology liberal jurisprudence
legalPhilosophy deference to social and economic legislation
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
namedAfter The Three Musketeers (novel by Alexandre Dumas) NERFINISHED
notableFor dissenting from conservative Supreme Court majorities
supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation
opposedBy Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment supportive of the New Deal
supportsPolicy broad interpretation of federal power under the Commerce Clause
federal economic regulation
timePeriod 1930s

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Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) opposedBy Three Musketeers (Supreme Court)