By expanding the nine-member Court with up to six more Justices
the plan would give roosevelt more power by putting more of his supporters on the supreme court (APEX)
President Franklin Roosevelt had a key and new idea which would have allowed many of his controversial laws to pass. FDR wanted to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices which shared his own ideas. This socalled "packing the Court" idea failed to materialize.
It weakened public support for new legislation.
the supreme court began ruling in favor of new deal programs.
by expanding the nine-member court with up to six more justices
By expanding the nine-member Court with up to six more Justices
It would disrupt the checks and balances of the government's branches.
A it weakened public support for new legislation
Roosevelt's court-packing plan would disrupt the checks and balances of the government.
His plan would disrupt the checks and balances of the government. (apex)
His plan would disrupt the checks and balances of the government. (apex)
the plan would give roosevelt more power by putting more of his supporters on the supreme court (APEX)
the plan would give roosevelt more power by putting more of his supporters on the supreme court (APEX)
the plan would give roosevelt more power by putting more of his supporters on the supreme court (APEX)
The criticism was that the President tried to influence the Supreme Court's jurisdiction by adding to the number of judges with candidates sympathetic to Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives. Roosevelt's argument was that that the Constitution does not limit the number of Supreme Court judges, so that he was perfectly entitled to propose legislation to add to their number. In the end, Congress put the proposal on the back burner and Roosevelt saw his problem solved by one of the Supreme Court judges moving over to the pro-New Deal side of the Court, thereby giving it a majority.
Roosevelt's attempt to appoint more Supreme Court justices to support his reforms