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While initially backing some of Roosevelt's [[liberal]] [[New Deal]] that benefited [[labor unions]], McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular [[court packing]] scheme after hearing from constituents in his state. HE was accused of [[anti-Semitism]] for harsh questions to [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings.<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>  He opposed the Second New Deal as being too left-wing.

While initially backing some of Roosevelt's [[liberal]] [[New Deal]] that benefited [[labor unions]], McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular [[court packing]] scheme after hearing from constituents in his state. HE was accused of [[anti-Semitism]] for harsh questions to [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings.<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>  He opposed the Second New Deal as being too left-wing.

McCarran's record on [[civil rights]] is somewhat mixed; while he supported Truman's Army desegregation, he also appointed staunch [[segregation]]ist/white supremacist [[James Eastland]], a fellow friend in the Senate, to chair the Senate subcommittee on civil rights despite being warned against the decision.<ref name="Nevada Trivia">[https://nevadatrivia.com/nevada-history/pat-mccarran/ Pat McCarran]. ''Nevada Trivia''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref>

McCarran's record on [[civil rights]] was mostly negative; while he supported Truman's Army desegregation, he also appointed staunch [[segregation]]ist/white supremacist [[James Eastland]], a fellow friend in the Senate, to chair the Senate subcommittee on civil rights despite being warned against the decision.<ref name="Nevada Trivia">[https://nevadatrivia.com/nevada-history/pat-mccarran/ Pat McCarran]. ''Nevada Trivia''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref> McCarran voted against anti-lynching measures in 1937.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s43 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 69, THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. THE AMEND. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED HOUSE BILL 1507, THE ANTILYNCHING BILL, TO S. 69, A BILL LIMITING THE SIZE OF TRAINS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE.]. ''GovTrack.us'' Retrieved April 22, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s58 TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 2475. OFFERED BY SENATOR COPELAND WHICH WOULD HAVE ADDED THE ANTILYNCHING BILL AS PERFECTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO THE PENDING LEGISLATION.]. ''Govtrack.us''. Retrieved April 22, 2021.</ref>  

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