The NRA and AAA were deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and in response FDR suggested a Judicial Reorganization Bill which called for the addition of 6 more judges to the court. This was often criticized as _____________

 

Court packing refers to the process of Congress adding more seats to the Supreme Court in an effort to secure a majority. Court Packing was initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who failed legislative bids in 1937 that could've increased seats on the Supreme Court from nine to fifteen (Astor, 2020). At the time, the Supreme Court knocked down several of FDR's New Deal policies. In an effort to encourage older justices to retire, FDR pushed for the addition of a new seat for every justice older than 70 years old, as well as the restoration of full judicial pensions.