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1. danthe+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-03 04:43:33
You mean like how FDR threatened to do that during the new deal, and then the court backed down and let all sorts of unconstitutional stuff through?

When we ended a government of enumerated powers and everything could be done at the federal level without an amendment - great things like the drug war.

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2. bduers+Yd[view] [source] 2020-06-03 06:50:37
>>danthe+(OP)
FDR packed the court with his own judges when others had retired during his term. That's how he got the New Deal through, not on threats or cowing.
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