Question

Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to pack the Supreme Court in 1937 because _______.

• A. the justices were too inexperienced to deal with the Great Depression.
• B. the court had declared some New Deal legislation unconstitutional.
• C. Roosevelt felt that Congress had become more powerful than the president.
• D. the court refused to allow the president to implement the Lend-Lease Act.
• E. the court had demonstrated liberal tendencies in interpreting the New Deal legislation.

Answer 1

The correct option is B the court had declared some New Deal legislation unconstitutional.

Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to pack the Supreme Court in 1937 because the court had declared some New Deal legislation unconstitutional.