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FDR

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Court Packing

Biden's Sudden Reticence on Court Packing Is Alarming

Although Democrats think the composition of the Supreme Court is a big election issue, their nominee won’t say what he plans to do about it.

Jacob Sullum | 10.14.2020 12:01 AM

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Supreme Court

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Court Packing a 'Bad Idea'

The liberal jurist puts judicial integrity before partisan politics.

Damon Root | 7.29.2019 12:20 PM

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History

Making Amends for Korematsu

The 1944 ruling validated FDR's order to relocate and imprison 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants during World War II.

Mike Riggs | 10.11.2018 6:00 AM

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Banking

Did Federal Deposit Insurance Corrupt the Banking System? [Reason Podcast]

George Selgin vs. Josh Barro at the Soho Forum.

Jim Epstein | 4.19.2017 3:00 PM

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FDR

FDR's War Against the Press

Franklin Roosevelt had his own Breitbart, and radio was his Twitter.

David Beito | 4.5.2017 6:00 AM

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Supreme Court

Shrink the Supreme Court?

A GOP proposal to deny Clinton's appointment choices may backfire.

Steve Chapman | 11.3.2016 12:01 PM

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World War 2

America's Other World War II Internment Camps

The legacy of the German and Japanese prisoners held hostage

John Bicknell | 9.24.2016 6:00 AM

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Surveillance

The Man J. Edgar Hoover Blamed for Pearl Harbor

Larry Fly, the forgotten hero who refused to illegally wiretap Americans

Michael Socolow | 3.19.2016 6:00 AM

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Polls

Why Polls Don't Work

After decades of gradual improvement, the science of predicting election outcomes has hit an accuracy crisis.

Stephanie Slade | 1.14.2016 6:00 AM

Movies

Critics: Annie's Blatant FDR Revisionism Doesn't Go Nearly Far Enough!

Matt Welch | 12.30.2014 2:44 PM

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Marijuana

Marijuana Entrepreneurs Should Follow Joseph P. Kennedy's Example

Anthony Fisher | 11.18.2014 4:45 PM

The Independents

Judge Napolitano on Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt; Amity Shlaes on Coolidge and FDR

Matt Welch | 2.17.2014 12:19 PM

FDR

Historian: FDR's Anti-Semitism Cost Jewish Lives

He resisted helping refugees for fear of admitting "too many" Jews to the U.S.

Reason Staff | 4.4.2013 5:10 PM

Government Spending

World War II Spending Did Not End the Great Depression

The aggregate statistics fail to capture essential details of life.

Sheldon Richman | 1.27.2013 8:00 AM

FDR

The Unholy Spirit of Presidential Activism

So set your DVR for one of the oddest cinematic displays of power-worship in the history of American film.

Gene Healy | 9.18.2012 12:00 PM

World War 2

Katyn Massacre Hushed-Up by U.S. Government

FDR didn't want to piss off his BFF, Stalin

Reason Staff | 9.10.2012 5:56 PM

Jobs

Where are the Jobs? The Parallels Between Today and the Great Depression

Ted Balaker | 7.22.2012 10:30 AM

Barack Obama

Obama's New New Deal: As Bad as the Old New Deal

Michael Moynihan | 7.8.2012 10:30 AM

Taxes

FDR, The New Deal, and The Expansion of Federal Power

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 2.3.2012 3:00 PM

Foreign Policy

Craig Shirley-How Pearl Harbor and December 1941 Made America a Global Power

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 12.7.2011 10:52 AM

Civil Liberties

How George W. Bush Fulfilled FDR's Legacy

Jesse Walker | 7.1.2011 11:05 AM

Welfare

Reason.tv: Never Enough—William Voegeli on America's Limitless Welfare State

Reason Staff | 8.23.2010 3:00 PM

FDR

Old Thoughts on FDR

Bruce Bartlett | 2.1.1980 12:00 PM

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