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Eleanor, Franklin & the Re-Thinking of America ELEANOR, FRANKLIN & THE RE-THINKING OF AMERICA Moderator/Speaker Donald Scarinici, Esq. Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC (Lyndhurst) Speakers Rene Goodwin [as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt] Neill Hartley (as President Franklin D. Roosevelt) S1932.18 1HZ-HUVH\6WDWH%DU$VVRFLDWLRQ$OOULJKWVUHVHUYHG$Q\FRS\LQJRIPDWHULDO KHUHLQLQZKROHRULQSDUWDQGE\DQ\PHDQVZLWKRXWZULWWHQSHUPLVVLRQLVSURKLELWHG 5HTXHVWVIRUVXFKSHUPLVVLRQVKRXOGEHVHQWWR1-,&/(D'LYLVLRQRIWKH1HZ-HUVH\ 6WDWH %DU $VVRFLDWLRQ 1HZ -HUVH\ /DZ &HQWHU 2QH &RQVWLWXWLRQ 6TXDUH 1HZ %UXQVZLFN1HZ-HUVH\ Table of Contents Page Eleanor, Franklin and the Re-Thinking of America 1 Biographies of the Participants 3 Biography of Neill Hartley 5 Biography of Rene Goodwin 6 Biography of Donald Scarinci 7 Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt 9 Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt 13 Timeline of Franklin D. Roosevelt 17 Timeline of Eleanor Roosevelt 35 Relevant Biographies 43 James Roosevelt 45 Sara Delano Roosevelt 46 Louis McHenry Howe 47 Josephus Daniels 49 Lucy Mercer 51 Frances Perkins 53 John Nance Garner 55 Harry Hopkins 57 James Cox 59 Charles Francis Murphy 61 Alfred E. Smith 63 Henry Agard Wallace 65 Harry S. Truman 67 Brain Trust 69 Hundred Days 71 Court-Packing Plan 73 The Alphabet Agencies 75 Relevant Laws and Cases 77 Wagner-Steagall Housing Act 79 Agricultural Adjustment Administration 81 Civilian Conservation Corps 83 Tennessee Valley Authority 84 Federal Emergency Relief Administration 85 Works Progress Administration 86 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 87 DeJonge v. Oregon: The Right to Peaceable Assemble 88 U.S. v. Carolene Products Company: The Importance of Footnotes 89 Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins Decision Established Modern Diversity Jurisdiction 91 United States v. Miller: Which Side of the Gun Debate Does It Support? 93 Cantwell v. Connecticut: The Free Exercise of Religion 95 West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette 97 Korematsu v. United States: National Security Outweighs Individual Rights 99 Supreme Court Invalidates Agricultural Adjustment Act in United States v. Butler 101 Supreme Court Strikes Down NIRA in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States 103 .
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