feb 5, 1937 - FDR Court Packing Scandal
Description:
On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt announces a controversial plan to expand the Supreme Court to as many as 15 judges, allegedly to make it more efficient. Critics immediately charged that Roosevelt was trying to “pack” the court and thus neutralize Supreme Court justices hostile to his New Deal.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 5, 1937
Now
~ 88 years ago