Graham Platner: “FDR, much to the chagrin of his own party, I may add…”

“Supreme Court says a lot of these might be unconstitutional. We're going to rule that they're unconstitutional and we're going to shut down the New Deal programs and progress. Then FDR, much to the chagrin of his own party, I may add, threatens to pack the court. suddenly overnight, no change to the words and the policies, everything became constitutional. No longer came up for a vote in front of the court.” (1:00:37–1:00:44)

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