On February 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a plan to change the composition of the Supreme Court. He had been stymied by a Court that steadfastly refused to approve many of his New Deal measures.He was determined to get around the Court and to get his measures approved.DR was not one to take defeat quietly. In the wake of his overwhelming re-election in 1936, FDR proposed his âcourt-packingâ plan. He claimed that up to six new Justices could be appointed to the Supreme Court. He innocently explained that he was not trying to threaten the Justices or influence the Courtâs rulings.
Mexicoâs best known folk dance troupe is the Ballet FolklÃ³rico de MÃ©xico, which was founded by dancer Amalia HernÃ¡ndez in 1952. The troupe consists of forty dancers, a mariachi band and sixteen other musicians. Counting support staff such as costume and set designers, the organization involves over 600 people.
Fandango is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping (palmas in Spanish). Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has an instrumental introduction followed by variaciones. Sung fandango usually follows the structure of cante that consist of four or five octosyllabic verses (coplas) or musical phrases (tercios).