he knew they would have to confirm him. >> and the other three had similar stories of being self-made individualists with a sense of the power the supreme court needed? >> they did. and they were very controversial in many ways. he attacked big government where he attacked big corporations again and again. frankford. these were controversial people. >> the consequence of this was that fdr appointed by the end of his term all nine members of the supreme court. >> he got nine appointments including a new chief justice which is a record that is very unlikely ever to be matched again. >> and the supreme court then, which began, as you said, with a very conservative constrained view of federal power gave him enormous latitude and the federal government became what it is today. >> he got the main thing he wanted, a court that believed the federal government could pass laws. they could regulate the economy. they could regulate wages and hours of workers and regulate
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