#OnThisDay in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shocked America by introducing a plan to get favorable votes by expanding
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How FDR lost his brief war on the Supreme Court | Constitution Center
On February 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shocked America by introducing a plan to expand the Supreme Court, to gain favorable votes. FDR’s war on the court was short-lived, and it was defeated by a crafty chief justice and Roosevelt’s own party members.
