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Public reaction to the president's plan revamping the judiciary was initially difficult to gauge. Most elected officials interviewed by the press were surprised by President Roosevelt's announcement and initially guarded in their reaction. Many of the periodicals noted that, on one or two occasions, such plans had been considered and discarded by presidents in the past and that such a reorganization of the high court was not constitutionally prohibited. Most were quick to focus on the president's chief complaint — the fact that so many of the judges were old. The result of surveys like the one below appeared in many newspapers. It was not until sometime later that the full implications of the proposal and the possible motives of the president for making it became the chief topics of discussion.
"Total of life tenure federal judgeships: 237
Age distribution of present...
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