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Teddy Roosevelt: “I am, however, convinced, both from the inconsistency of these decisions with the tenor of other decisions, and…”

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I am, however, convinced, both from the inconsistency of these decisions with the tenor of other decisions, and furthermore from the very fact that they are in such flagrant and direct contradiction to the spirit and needs of the time, that sooner or later they will be explicitly or implicitly reversed.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt is optimistic that inconsistent Supreme Court decisions will eventually be reversed due to their contradiction with societal needs.

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