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FDR: This plan will save our national Constitution from hardening of the judicial arteries.

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This plan will save our national Constitution from hardening of the judicial arteries.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

He argues that his plan would prevent stagnation in the judiciary, which he metaphorically describes as 'hardening of the judicial arteries.'

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