"Three long years ago we declared war on the Depression. We were determined that men shall not starve in this land of plenty. We have used the credit of the Government to aid private credit. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937
Roosevelt's 1937 "court-packing" plan failed largely because
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The Supreme Court immediately resigned
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Bipartisan opposition viewed it as an attack on judicial independence
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Voters had rejected him in 1936
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Republicans controlled the Senate
Explanation
Even congressional Democrats balked at the perceived assault on separation of powers; the bill died despite FDR's recent landslide.