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- Explain constitutional issues raised by federal government policy changes during times of significant events including the Great Depression.
In 1935 and 1936, the Supreme Court ruled that both the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and the first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) were unconstitutional.
Understand that Roosevelt’s attempt to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 13 would have created a shift in the “separation of powers” and “checks and balances.
Roosevelt’s court packing scheme was widely viewed as an attempt to upset the traditional separation of powers.
His proposal was condemned by the public and rejected by congress.
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