FDR's Battle with the Supereme Court

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http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2010/03/23/segments/152184
Jeff Shesol describes FDRs battle with the Supreme Court. Beginning in 1935, the Supreme Courts conservative majority made a series of decisions that devastated much of FDRs agenda. In 1937, Roosevelt struck back with a plan to expand the Court to fifteen justices—and to pack the new seats with liberals who shared his belief in a living Constitution. His book Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court, gives an account of the ensuing fight that engulfed the White House, the Court, Congress, and the nation.

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