July 22, 1937

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 22, 1937, the US Senate rejected President Roosevelt’s proposal to enlarge the Supreme court. They said the Supreme Court was like the prostate. It just needed to be big enough to do its job. If it got too big, it would lose effectiveness and maybe even develop cancer. Keep it the right size and everything would be fine. They didn’t seem to realize that it could be the right size, and still be cancerous.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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