FDR was ruthless in removing political opposition. There’s even some evidence he had politicians working against him assassinated.
When the supreme court ruled parts of the New Deal unconstitutional, Roosevelt immediately started the process of packing the supreme court with judges explicitly loyal to him. This scared the shit out of the Supreme Court and they suddenly decided the New Deal was constitutional after all
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:fidel-si:
The guy knew how to use power. Still a bastard, but interesting historically.