On February 5, 1937, Roosevelt proposed a judicial reform bill that
would have permitted him to appoint up to six more justices to the
Supreme Court. Roosevelt proposed this bill because too many of his New
Deal programs had been defeated by the Supreme Court. This would allow
him to pack the court with justices friendly to his programs. Critics
thought the Judicial Reform Bill would assert control of the judicial
branch by the executive branch and would impede on the separation of
powers.
