Clifford Kennedy Berryman, 2 Feb 1869 - 11 Dec 1949 Search this
Sitter:
Homer Stillé Cummings, 30 Apr 1870 - 10 Sep 1956 Search this
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 30 Jan 1882 - 12 Apr 1945 Search this
Charles Evans Hughes, 11 Apr 1862 - 27 Aug 1948 Search this
Burton Kendall Wheeler, 27 Feb 1882 - Jan 1975 Search this
Medium:
India ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 31.8 × 36.1 cm (12 1/2 × 14 3/16")
Sheet: 34.2 × 36.1 cm (13 7/16 × 14 3/16")
Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1937
Exhibition Label:
In this 1937 caricature, President Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945; right) faces off against his attorney general, Homer Cummings (1870–1956; left), at a bowling alley. In February of that year, Roosevelt proposed legislation that would increase the number of federal judges, including those on the Supreme Court, which had struck down many of his New Deal programs. The bill would allow the president to add judges for each incumbent who was seventy or older, which would give him up to six Supreme Court nominations.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler (1882–1975; back right), a Democrat from Montana, led the opposition, bolstered by a letter from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1962–1948; shown as the bowling ball) disagreeing with Roosevelt’s plan. Although Congress rejected Roosevelt’s “court-packing” strategy, within a year the Court began considering his legislation more favorably, and a vacancy allowed him to appoint a new justice.
En esta caricatura de 1937, el presidente Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945; der.) se enfrenta a su fiscal general, Homer Cummings (1870–1956; izq.), en una bolera. En febrero de ese año, Roosevelt propuso una ley que aumentaría el número de jueces federales, incluso en el Tribunal Supremo, el cual había anulado muchos de sus programas del Nuevo Trato. La ley permitiría al presidente añadir jueces por cada incumbente de 70 años o más, lo cual le daría hasta seis candidatos para el Tribunal Supremo.
El senador Burton K. Wheeler (1882–1975; fondo der.), demócrata de Montana, encabezó la oposición, respaldado por una carta del juez presidente Charles Evans Hughes (1962–1948; retratado en la bola) en contra del plan de Roosevelt. Aunque el Congreso rechazó la estrategia de “inflar el tribunal”, en un año el proyecto de ley comenzó a ganar el favor de los jueces, y gracias a una vacante Roosevelt pudo nombrar a un nuevo miembro del Tribunal Supremo.
