jul 30, 1937 - Court Packing Scandal (1937)
Description:
On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt announces a 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:
jul 30, 1937
Now
~ 87 years ago