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Did President Franklin Roosevelt appoint the first African-American Supreme Court justice?
No. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Justice Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American on the US Supreme Court, in 1967. Justice Marshall was formerly the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund lead counsel who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) before the Supreme Court. Marshall had an outstanding record of winning 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Court.
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Which action is often viewed as the most serious attempt to undermine the independence to the judiciary?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the supreme court
What was the major conflict during Franklin Roosevelt administration?
The major conflict during Franklin Roosevelt was that The US Supreme Court ruled six of eight New Deal Programs unconstitutional. President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress hoped to improve economic conditions in the United States during and immediately after the Great Depression through a series of programs known as the New Deal. Unfortunately, Roosevelt inherited a court full of older justices who disapproved of the legislation, and declared six of Congress' eight major Acts unconstitutional, thwarting Roosevelt's plans. Roosevelt was angry with the justices, whom he referred to as the "Nine Old Men," for refusing to allow New Deal policies to work as intended. In Roosevelt's mind, the Supreme Court presented a major obstacle to economic recovery and stabilization because of their conservatism.
What year was Benjamin Franklin elected?
The only time Ben Franklin was elected to a public office was October 18, 1785 when he became President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, which is something like today's office of the Governor. Franklin was appointed (not elected) as Ambassador to France in December, 1776.
Which statement best characterizes the ultimate purpose of President Roosevelt's court-packing plan?
To appoint new justices to the supreme court >.<
Court packing refers to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's proposal to do what?
Increase the number of seats on the Supreme Court, so that he could then appoint new justices who would then be able to outnumber the then majority.
Which president threatened to pack the Supreme Court after it ruled against some of his policies?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
To many people president Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to reorganize the supreme court threatened?
checks and balances
Which action is often viewed as the most serious attempt to undermine the independence to the judiciary?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the supreme court
Why did Franklin D Roosevelt want to reform the Supreme Court?
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What year did President Franklin Roosevelt want US Supreme Court justices to retire?
President Franklin Roosevelt wanted US Supreme Court justices to retire in 1937. He proposed a plan to add additional justices to the court, known as the "court-packing" plan, in order to reshape the ideological balance of the court and secure favorable rulings for his New Deal policies.
What goals of Franklin Roosevelt was most widely criticized?
Reorganization of the Supreme Court.
Goals of Franklin Roosevelt was most widely criticized?
reorganization of the Supreme Court .
Did Franklin Roosevelt appoint six additional justices to the US Supreme Court?
No. President Roosevelt wrote a plan that would allow him to appoint one new justice for each current justice over the age of 70.5 years old, up to a maximum of six additional justices, which would expand the size of the Supreme Court from nine to fifteen. Congress understood the President's idea was unconstitutional, so they refused to pass the legislation. Eventually, the old members of the Supreme Court began retiring and passing away, so Roosevelt was able to appoint eight replacements without adding to the size of the Court.
Who tried to pack the Supreme Court by increasing the number of justices?
Franklin Roosevelt!! JM #14 :)
Who was the predecessor to Powell in the US Supreme Court?
Justice Hugo Black preceded Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., on the US Supreme Court. Black was nominated by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 and served on the Court until 1971.
Who was the US Supreme Court Justice Franklin Pierce?
Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth President of the United States (1853-1857), was never a Supreme Court justice. He was a Democratic Senator from New Hampshire prior to serving as President, and a longtime member of the New Hampshire Legislature before that. You may be thinking of Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler, who was appointed to the US Supreme Court by Woodrow Wilson in 1922 and served until his death in 1939. He was infamous as one of the conservative "four horsemen" of the Supreme Court who overturned President Roosevelt's New Deal legislation as unconstitutional.
What was Franklin Roosevelt's reputation?
As US president, Franklin D. Roosevelt had a great reputation for honesty among ordinary Americans. So much so that he was elected for four terms for president. His reputation was one of a caring chief executive. Some political scientists and economists however, viewed Roosevelt as being too far to the left regarding some of his policies. His so-called "Supreme Court packing idea" for example was roundly rejected.
