FDR's "court-packing" plan (1937)
- A
Successfully expanded the Court to fifteen justices, securing a permanent pro-New Deal majority that upheld every major federal program through 1945
- B
Was a wildly popular constitutional reform that abolished judicial review entirely and transferred final review power from the Court to Congress
- C
Replaced lifetime judicial tenure with ten-year terms; led to immediate retirement of conservative justices and quick approval of New Deal laws
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Sought to add Supreme Court justices to overcome resistance to New Deal laws; failed politically but the Court began upholding programs
Explanation
"The switch in time that saved nine" — Justice Roberts shifted to support New Deal.