How did Franklin d Roosevelt court packing plan seek to change the makeup of the supreme court?

Answer 1

The Senate referred the Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937 to the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 70-20. It died in committee, so the Bill itself had no impact on the federal government or the American public. Roosevelt, on the other hand, lost some of his support and damaged his reputation. Other than making a permanent enemy of his Vice President, John Nance Garner (whom Roosevelt replaced in the 1940 primary), the consequences for the President were ultimately short-lived because he was elected to a third term of office in the 1940 general election.

The controversy over the plan within Roosevelt's Democratic party ultimately led to irreparable schisms in the party. William Leuchtenburg summarized the affect on the Democratic party in his book The Supreme Court Reborn:

"FDR's message generated an intensity of response unmatched by any legislative controversy of this century, except possibly the fight over joining the League of Nations. Southern Democrats feared that an expanded liberal Court would give rights to blacks; progressives saw an assault on the branch responsible for protecting civil liberties; moderates who had always mistrusted Roosevelt now had proof of his treachery."

Answer 2

it weakend the elction for a new legislation

Answer 3

by expanding the nine-member court with up to six more justices

Answer 4

It weakened public support for new legislation

Answer 5

By expanding the nine-member Court with up to six more Justices *novanet*

Answer 6

By expanding the nine-member Court with up to six more Justices