What did critics charge against roosevelt’s attempt to "pack the court"?

a. he was going to put every new deal law in jeopardy.

b. he was trying to shift the balance of power defined in the u. s. constitution.

The correct answer is option B.

Explanation

Critics charged against Rooselvet's attempt to pack the court because he was trying to shift the balance of power defined in the U.S Constitution. Moreover, critics believed that this was a move to neutralize the Supreme Court hostility to his New Deal proposal.

The critics believed Roosevelt’s was trying to shift the balance of power defined in the US Constitution. This implies the correct answer is B

In 1937, the US president Roosevelt communicates his intention to add more judges to the Supreme Court. The bill as proposed by Roosevelt was meant to increase the membership of the Supreme Court to almost 15 judges.

The motive behind the proposed expansion was meant to appoint more judges who will support the new deal legislation. Therefore, the bill was widely criticized and it was never considered by congress.  

The critics believed Roosevelt was trying to shift the balance of power as enshrined in the US constitution. They believed the president should not mediate in the affairs of the Supreme Court.

Most of the critics were also of the opinion that the Supreme Court must evaluate laws proposed by the president and congress and can determine which laws are suitable or unsuitable to the constitution of the United States.

President Roosevelt's attempts to increase the justices of the US Supreme court were not successful because he didn’t brief the congressional leaders before the announcement of the bill. As a result, the bill was however not endorsed by the house judiciary committee chairman at the time.

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