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What was the purpose of the court-packing plan?
Court-Packing Plan
A controversial strategy to increase the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, typically to change its ideological balance.
- Master the proceedings and rationalizations of notable Supreme Court conclusions.
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Andree SilvaJun 27, 2024
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This was an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 to change the direction of the Supreme Court, by giving the president the power to name one new justice to the Court for each current justice over the age of seventy.
This was an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 to change the direction of the Supreme Court, by giving the president the power to name one new justice to the Court for each current justice over the age of seventy.
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- Master the proceedings and rationalizations of notable Supreme Court conclusions.