This excerpt is from a presidential message to Congress regarding his displeasure with Supreme Court rulings against some of

Question

his New Deal legislation:

The Constitution vests in the Congress direct responsibility in the creation of courts and judicial offices and in
the formulation of rules of practice and procedure ....

The simple fact is that today ... the personnel of the Federal Judiciary is insufficient to meet the business
before them ....

It is obvious ... that some provision must be adopted, which will operate automatically to supplement the
work of older judges and accelerate the work of the court.

-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, message to Congress on the reorganization of the judicial branch of the
government, February 5, 1937

Based on this excerpt and your knowledge of US History, what did President
Roosevelt want Congress to do?

(1 point)

He wanted Congress to replace progressive Supreme Court justices with conservative ones.

He wanted Congress to rewrite legislation to make it agreeable to the Supreme Court justices.

He wanted Congress to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 15.

He wanted Congress to increase the number of clerks assigned to the Supreme Court justices.

Answer 1

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of US History, the correct answer is:

He wanted Congress to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 15.

This was part of Roosevelt's court-packing plan, where he proposed to add more justices to the Supreme Court, aiming to influence the judiciary in favor of his New Deal legislation, which had faced several setbacks due to the Supreme Court's rulings.