OTL, in 1937, faced with several Supreme Court rulings overturning many of New Deal acts - Black Monday - and injunctions blocking several instructions, Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill to nominate one younger judge per each Federal judge over 70, limiting to two lower court judges and six SCOTUS justices, to allow judges to float between district courts and to let the SCOTUS to have a larger control upon the lower courts, seemingly to reduce the courts' workload and to inject new blood in judiciary.
In front of the large opposition, along with "the switch in time that saved nine", Roosevelt cancelled this project and the bill passed, in a much altered form.
So, what would be the effects of this bill passing:
Lastly, would some provisions be deemed unconstitutionnal?
In front of the large opposition, along with "the switch in time that saved nine", Roosevelt cancelled this project and the bill passed, in a much altered form.
So, what would be the effects of this bill passing:
- For the Roosevelt presidency
- During the following decades
Lastly, would some provisions be deemed unconstitutionnal?