When FDR proposed court-packing in 1937 at the height of New Deal popularity, weekly public opinion polls show no majority ever favored it—even beneficiaries of the New Deal opposed it—demonstrating the consensus condition; whereas in Latin America court-packing tends to get majorities because people want the benefits.

factualpending

Speaker

Barry Weingast

Evidence Quote

at no moment was there a majority of the country in favor of that

Source

Barry Weingast on Violence, Power and a Theory of Nearly Everything 8/13/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 7:04:08 PM

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