Reply #108: Hmm some history might help

[nadinbrzezinski]

FDR had the MOST CONSERVATIVE COURT to work with in the history of the US... since he had a STACKED court (Until now I am betting)

He tried to stack it the other way, but it took a little while...

Oh and the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by a very CONSERVATIVE COngress in the midst of war histeria (read war, a force that gives us meaning by Hedges may explain the psychology to you), and pubshed by a monarchist President, who shared some believes with the current administration. It was also overturned by the Congress, the Supreme Court never had a say on it, but perhaps my recolection of US History is wrong. What is true is that 1897 was not one of our proudest moments...

Granted the court that FDR left behind was a tad more liberal but in 1941 it wasn't that liberal yet.