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FDR: The change of one vote would have thrown all the affairs of this great Nation back into hopeless chaos.

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The change of one vote would have thrown all the affairs of this great Nation back into hopeless chaos.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns of the precariousness of the Supreme Court's decision that upheld his policies by a narrow margin.

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