Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
United States law
Preferred term
court-packing plan
Definition
- Efforts by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) to expand the size of the Court in order to appoint justices sympathetic to his New Deal economic legislation. Although Roosevelt's plan ultimately failed, it played a part in convincing the justices to abandon their opposition to the New Deal. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Roosevelt's 1937 Court Reform Plan]
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 1937 court reform plan
- Roosevelt court reform plan
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/court-packing_plan
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