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===Tenure===
===Tenure===
While initially backing some of Roosevelt's [[liberal]] [[New Deal]], McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular [[court packing]] scheme after hearing from constituents in his state, and opposed the Second New Deal for being too left-wing.
While initially backing some of Roosevelt's [[liberal]] [[New Deal]], McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular [[court packing]] scheme after hearing from constituents in his state, and opposed the Second New Deal for being too left-wing.
====Anti-Semitism====
McCarran was an [[anti-Semite]] who harshly questioned and attacked [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings after being nominated by Roosevelt to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>Omsted, Kathryn S. (January 16, 2005). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-16-0501150036-story.html The real witch hunter of the 1950s]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref><ref>Halper, Thomas (May 30, 2018). [https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bjals/7/1/article-p115.xml?language=en Felix Frankfurter and the Law]. ''Sciendo''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref>
==See also==
==See also==