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Democrats in Congress began to take one of three possible positions. The first, outright opposition to the plan, was exemplified by Senators Wheeler and Glass, both conservatives who viewed the president's proposal as an attack upon the Supreme Court, the country's greatest continuous symbol of orderly and stable government. In an age that had witnessed the rise of totalitarianism and the destruction of democratic institutions elsewhere, such fears were too "frightful" to consider. In that regard the conservatives might not have been alone. The public's response, somewhat slow in coming, moved from confusion to nagging concern. Within months ten state legislatures passed resolutions condemning the plan. Seven others voted in its favor. If the president had hoped to mobilize the American people to pressure Congress into accepting his proposal, he failed miserably. His plan had done nothing more than cause deep division over the place...
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