Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
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gptkb:legislation
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gptkb:Court_Packing_Plan
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| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:New_Deal_era
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gptkb:75th_United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:effect |
gptkb:military
decline in Roosevelt's popularity |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937
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| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced future judicial reform debates
increased awareness of judicial independence |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
Supreme Court justices
public opinion many members of Congress |
| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:United_States_Congress 1937 allow President to appoint an additional justice for every sitting justice over age 70.5, up to six additional justices |
| gptkbp:purpose |
expand the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
make federal judiciary more efficient |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
New Deal legislation |
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not enacted
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Rejection_of_FDR's_court-packing_plan
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