Question

question 15
speaker 1: the plan interferes with the senates power to ratify treaties.
speaker 2: the plan threatens the principle of popular sovereignty.
speaker 3: the plan takes too much power away from the states.
speaker 4: the plan gives the executive branch too much power.
which speaker expresses the main argument against president franklin d. roosevelts plan to increase the number of justices on the supreme court?
speaker 1
speaker 2
speaker 3
speaker 4
question 16
let, therefore, a description of the american form of government as a three horse team provided by the constitution to the american people so that their flight to destiny may be rapid. the three horses are, of course, the three branches of government - the legislative, the executive and the courts. two of the horses are pulling in unison today; the third is not.

• president franklin d. roosevelt, 1937

many members of congress disagreed with president roosevelts proposed solution to the problem described above because -
the constitution required hearings to confirm judicial appointments
supreme court justices were subject to term limits
the power of the executive branch would increase
the time required for judicial proceedings would increase

Explanation:

• Question 15: El plan de Roosevelt para aumentar el número de jueces en la Corte Suprema se veía como un intento por influir en la Corte para que apoyara sus políticas. Lo más preocupante era que daba demasiado poder al ejecutivo. El orador 4 expresa esta idea.
• Question 16: La propuesta de Roosevelt era vista con escepticismo por muchos en el Congreso porque aumentaría el poder del ejecutivo al intentar controlar la Corte Suprema.

Answer:

• Question 15: Speaker 4
• Question 16: the power of the executive branch would increase