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* FDR proposed that the president should be able to appoint additional justices to the Supreme Court for each justice that was over age 70 1/2 years old.* It would have allowed Roosevelt to add up to 6 more justices to the court* Critics called it the "court-packing" bill, but it failed. Congress would not accept it as it would give FDR too much power.
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