COURT-PACKING PLAN

court(-)packing plan

court(-)packing plan 〈美〉法院重组方案 指1937年富兰克林·罗斯福〔Franklin D.Roosevelt〕总统为了挽救新政〔New Deal〕立法而作的提议,意图将全国最高法院大法官的人数由9名增加到15名。因此前在30年代中期,最高法院在一系列案件中宣布新政计划违宪,以致罗斯福总统提议要对联邦法官的任职和任命程序作根本性的改变。该项提议宣称其目的是为了促进法院工作的高效率,但实际上是罗斯福总统想以此任命不会阻碍其实施新政的法官,该项提议最终在参议院未获通过,但最高法院在此之后一直都承认新政立法的合宪性。

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court packing plan

court-packing plan. An unsuccessful proposal — made in 1937 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt — to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15. • The ostensible purpose of the proposal was to increase the Court’s efficiency, but President Roosevelt wanted to appoint justices who would not block his administration’s New

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