Question

According to his critics, why did President Roosevelt propose increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court?

Answer 1

Answer:

To get more New Deal supporters on the Court

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

to get more New Deal supporters on the Court

Explanation:

At the beginning of both Franklin Roosevelt's term, he didn't get much support from the Supreme Court toward his New Deal Programs. As a response, in February 1937,  Roosevelt proposed the Judicial Reform Bill, which was a legislative plan that would have allowed him to add more justices to the Supreme Court.

The plan, also called "court-packing", proposed to appoint one new justice for every sitting justice aged 70 years or older, resulting in a total of 50 new judges with six of them on the Supreme Court. This way, Roosevelt would have had more justices in favor of his plans and stop the Court from rejecting his programs.