HELPPPP,
This excerpt describes a group of judges on the Supreme Court who were involved in
overturning various New Deal programs.
of particular concern to the New Dealers was a four-judge coterie [small
group] on the Court, Justices Butler, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Van
Devanter, who collectively embraced a settled anti-regulatory ideology
hostile to interventionist government. Each of the so-called Four Horsemen
was over the age of seventy in 1932.
-Richard G. Menaker, "FDR's Court-Packing Plan: A Study in Irony",
ap.gilderlehrman.org
How did President Franklin Roosevelt respond to their actions?
F. He passed an executive order to recall Supreme Court Justices.
G. He proposed a scheme to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices.
H. He appealed to Congress for a constitutional amendment to support New Deal
programs.
J. He ratified legislation authorizing an age requirement for Supreme Court Justices.