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FDR: “Means must be found to adapt our legal forms and our judicial interpretation to the actual present national needs of the…”

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Means must be found to adapt our legal forms and our judicial interpretation to the actual present national needs of the largest progressive democracy in the modern world.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the importance of adapting legal frameworks to meet contemporary national needs.

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