Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. When the Supreme Court rejected many of his New Deal economic policies, Roosevelt tried to expand the Court and pack it with loyal judges—but his congressional allies refused to support him. Acemoglu and Robinson view this as an example of how inclusive institutions protect their inclusiveness and fight off absolutism in a virtuous circle.
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Chapter 11: The Virtuous Circle
...section “Packing the Court,” Acemoglu and Robinson summarize the New Deal programs that Franklin D. Roosevelt passed in response to the Great Depression. But the Supreme Court challenged many of these...
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The story of Roosevelt’s failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court shows how inclusive institutions “resist attempts to undermine...
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