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The Founding Fathers themselves took measures which increased the strength of the national government. The Federalist Party was built on the very idea of a strong national government. Even Thomas Jefferson, who was strongly opposed to the idea of a strong national government, took measures while president which were thought of as unconstitutional at the time and were also contradictory to his beliefs of limited government (see: Louisiana Purchase). Oh, and John Adams tried the very same court packing scheme that FDR did.
that has no relevance to the fact that FDR destroyed the balance between the states and the federal government and used the commerce clause as a carte blanch grant of federal power