Question

Which of the following identifies Franklin Delano Roosevelt's true motive for wanting to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court?

a. to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation
b. to relieve the workload on the lower federal courts
c. to add more conservatives to the U.S. Supreme Court
d. to be able to hear more cases in a timely manner

Answer 1

The correct answer is a. to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's true motive for wanting to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court was to obtain favorable rulings regarding his New Deal legislation. This proposal, known as the "court-packing plan," was announced by Roosevelt in 1937.