FDR

The fast-moving Trump administration is often compared to FDR’s famous first 100 days. The big difference is that FDR had a huge majority in congress with 313 seats vs 117. The senate was only 59 democrats in 1933 but that increased to 69 and then up to 76. A super majority in the senate is 60 so the democrats could pass any law and they did. Many of these laws were later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. When that happened FDR tried to add 6 more justices to the court but that was too much for even the democratic controlled senate and it failed. FDR still won the long-term battle with the court for by the time he ended his presidency he had appointed eight of the nine justices. History has shown that one party control leads to the courts determining policy.