Court packing:  the attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to increase the number of Supreme Court justices beyond nine to change the outcome of decisions.

 

 

 

An essay on the court-packing plan:

 

http://newdeal.feri.org/court/essay04.htm

 

 

 

FDR’s Fireside Chat on the Judiciary:

 

http://www.mhrcc.org/fdr/chat9.html

 

 

 

Real audio of the fireside chat:

 

http://www.hpol.org/fdr/chat/