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Bedfellows in Roosevelt Court Fight Across Parties
The era’s political coalition shifts as President Roosevelt seeks to enlarge the Supreme Court. Liberals join conservatives, Democrats align with Republicans, and religious and labor groups split over court packing, with hearings opening in the Senate judiciary committee and public debate intensifying across a nation wary of constitutional change.
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