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FDR Wants More (1940)

Published: July 11, 2021, 11:30 a.m.

It\u2019s July 11th. This day in 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt has a conversation with a supreme court justice to explore whether it would be legal for him to run for a third term.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the rationale for seeking another four years \u2014 and another four years after that \u2014 plus how the convention of two-term presidencies eventually became established law.

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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