Question

Which statement most likely displays FDR’s reason to “pack the court”

Question 16 options:

He wanted to reorganize the federal court system to uphold his New Deal agenda to get the judicial branch’s support


Packing the court would ensure that FDR would have the freedom to act as Commander-in-Chief during WW2


Gerrymandering was controlled by the courts and FDR wanted friendly congressional districts drawn after the 1930 census


Creating jobs for judges was FDR’s primary way for decrease unemployment

Answer 1

c or d would be the answer

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) He wanted to reorganize the Federal Court system to maintain his New Deal Agenda to get the Judicial Branch support.

The statement that most likely display Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reason to pack the Court is: “He wanted to reorganize the Federal Court system to uphold his New Deal Agenda to get the Judicial Branch support.”

With the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to appoint up to six justices to the Supreme Court of the United States for every justice who had 70 years-old, and that had served more than 10 years. Roosevelt really was looking the support of the Court for his New Deal program.