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by skeptikal 1511 days ago
Of course. And the SCOTUS under FDR was ruling under the threat of court packing. A lot of rulings from then are risible.

My favorite is telling a farmer his homegrown pig feed is illegal because it effects interstate commerce.

The one that best illustrates bad law with good intentions is the migratory birds act: protect wildlife -> good. Doing so by making international treaties supersede the constitution -> not good (that ruling has been cut back)