Question 4 • [HSSUS] US History, Sem 1 (26-27)
Roosevelt’s judicial reform bill, often called the court-packing plan, would have allowed him to appoint additional Supreme Court justices. Since the president would gain influence over the Court, the plan would have concentrated power in the executive branch. It was not intended to end New Deal programs; Roosevelt proposed it partly because the Court had struck down some of them.
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