Eight decades ago, Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt attempted to pack the Supreme Court in retaliation for justices unanimously finding many of his programs unconstitutional. Roosevelt’s ...

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed expanding the Supreme Court for the same reason Democrats want to do it today. He wanted some vacancies that he could quickly fill with justices who ...

Some suggest that a president with a majority in Congress might do that which FDR famously attempted, but failed, when he tried to pack the Supreme Court in 1937. FDR sought to increase the number ...

But I think the Supreme Court justices now, I think they're very fearful. I think they're fearful the way Justice Owen Roberts became fearful after FDR tried to pack the Supreme Court. And then ...

Supreme Court justices are nominated by the president ... President Franklin D. Roosevelt notably attempted to shepherd ...

The last time anyone sought to “pack” the Supreme Court ... The ensuing battle, in which Roosevelt sought to remake the court to render it more hospitable to his thinking, consumed American ...

An appointment to the Supreme Court would be Mr ... President Franklin D. Roosevelt had eight appointments, William Howard Taft had five, Abraham Lincoln had five, Andrew Jackson had six, and ...