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Ted Cruz: “FDR tried to do this when the Supreme Court struck down…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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They're big mad that we have a Supreme Court that's following the law and is not willing to roll over to Democrat power grabs. And so their answer is to take the last bad idea they had. You know, FDR tried to do this when the Supreme Court struck down several elements of the New Deal. He came up with packing the court. He wanted to grow it from nine justices to 15 justices. He had a Democrat supermajority in both the House and Senate. (10:30–10:37)

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Asserts that FDR attempted to expand the Supreme Court when it struck down parts of the New Deal.

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