For the first two terms of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, Roosevelt clashed with a conservative Supreme Court over his plans for the country's economic future.
Many believed at the time that much of Roosevelt's actions were unconstitutional and an impermissible expansion of the executive's power.
Roosevelt tried to respond to the Court denying him programs by trying to pack the Court.
Ultimately, court packing was unsuccessful but Roosevelt ended up getting the programs he wanted approved and the Court he wanted nominated.
Although plans for a Constitutional convention we’re already underway, the up rising in Massachusetts lead to further calls for a stronger national government and influence the ensuing debate in Philadelphia that led to the drafting of the US consideration in the summer of 1787.
Raw materials and colonial empire
With a few exceptions the world's 45 landlocked countries are poor. In spite of technological improvements in transport, landlocked developing countries continue to face structural challenges to accessing world markets. As a result, landlocked countries often lag behind their maritime neighbors in overall development and external trade.
