No I didn't. It was in 1912 that Roosevelt split from Taft and the Republicans, and vice-versa, and accepted the nomination of *Fighting Bob* LaFollette's *Bull Moose* progressive Party, quite popular and successful once T.R.'s charisma and experience was added. The aftermath of 1916, not too surprisingly, came afterward, but the genesis was in Teddy's 1912 walkout, after which, of course, there was an attempt on his life by a *lone, crazed gunman...*
Perhaps you didn't notice; Roosevelt held the Constitution in contempt.
Perhaps, but likely no more so than many or most of our Supreme Court Justices, and likely not to a greater extent than our present chief executive, who, like T.R. appears to be distancing himself from the conservatives in his own party.
Why spoil the beauty of a thing with legalities? --attributed to T.R., via John Milius
I would reckon his principles are to be found very near those of Theodore Roosevelt's, who in 1912 backed away from supporting Republican Taft and instead accepted the nomination of the Progressive *Bull Moose* party. As a result, T.R. came in second, behind Wilson, with Taft taking a very losing third place.The reference to Wilson there I understood you to say came in 1912. That came in 1916, which I'm sure you either implied here or meant. Sorry to be confused or confusing.Of course Wilson, who promised to keep American sons from dying in a Europeans' war, took the U.S. to our entry in that war just a few years later.
Btw, Roosevelt's contempt for the judiciary was not admirable.