The world's population today is much larger than it has been in anytime in the history of the world, and has been continuing to grow ever since the Industrial Revolution, since this raised the living standards and increased in incomes of an enormous number of people, especially in the western world. Advances in medicine have also played a major role.
Roosevelt said that he wanted to increase the number of judges on the Supreme Court because he was facing a judicial pushback on many of his New Deal policies, and wanted to appoint judges who would likely be in favor of his policies.
The constitution does not require the speaker to be an elected member.
He was 33years old when the declaration of independence was made.
