Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	court-packing plan
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:effect	increased tension between executive and judiciary
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	major constitutional controversy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
gptkbp:intendedUse	reform the federal judiciary
gptkbp:introducedIn	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:legacy	influenced future judicial reform debates
gptkbp:mainProvision	allow the President to appoint an additional Supreme Court justice for every sitting justice over the age of 70.5 years
gptkbp:maximumAdditionalJustices	6
gptkbp:opposedBy	members of Congress Supreme Court justices public opinion
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:publicReaction	controversial
gptkbp:reasonForFormation	Supreme Court opposition to New Deal legislation
gptkbp:result	bill failed to pass
gptkbp:targetedInstitution	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:yearProposed	February 5, 1937
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:presidency_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6