The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 (commonly called the "court-packing plan") was a legislative initiative introduced by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more rules to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roosevelt's plan was to get positive rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ordered unconstitutional. The primary provision of the bill would have given the President power to select an additional Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, up to a maximum of six, for every member of the court over the age of 70 years and 6 months.
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He aimed to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal. This legislation was ruled unconstitutional by court. The president would have been granted power by the central provision of the bill in order to appoint additional justice to the Court of the United States, up to six for every member of the court who is older than 70 years and six month.
