INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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the Supreme Court’s practice of judicial restraint
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the constitutional principle of checks and balances
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attempts of Congress to limit judicial responsibilities
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efforts to restrict the number of terms a President could serve
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bill came to be known as Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan", a phrase coined by Edward Rumely. In November 1936, Roosevelt won a sweeping re-election victory. In the months following, he proposed to reorganize the federal judiciary by adding a new justice each time a justice reached age 70 and failed to retire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roosevelt was criticized for his economic policies, especially the shift in tone from individualism to collectivism with the dramatic expansion of the welfare state and regulation of the economy. Those criticisms continued decades after his death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did FDR try to increase the size of the Supreme Court? Roosevelt proposed appointing up to six new Supreme Court justices. He claimed that he wanted to relieve the overworked judges.
Detailed explanation-4: -A 1937 political cartoon with the caption ‘Do We Want A Ventriloquist Act In The Supreme Court? ‘ which was a criticism of FDR’s New Deal, depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt with six new judges likely to be FDR puppets.