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2h 20min, aug 9, 1937 y - Roosevelt's plan to expand the Supreme Court defeated

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in 1937, Roosevelt proposed the Justice Reorganization Bill that would have allowed him to appoint a Supreme Court justice for every justice over 70 years old. However. it failed because many congressmen and Republicans believed that Roosevelt was trying to alter the balance of power in an effort to pass his laws.

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2h 20min, aug 9, 1937 y
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~ 87 years ago