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good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progres...

of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with -- a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we've actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. ...

To the constitution itself. we want a supreme court which will do justice under the constitution, and not over it. in our courts, we want a government of laws and not of men. >> we must take action to save the constitution from the court itself. powerful words. we actually know how this plan worked out, the proposal was never adopted, and a number of justices remained at nine. but, we should be very hesitant to call that a failure. because, while his plan to expand the court never came to fruition, the political pressure campaign he lead was ice out of the a success. the threat of expanding th...