Reply #85: Nope- Roosevelt never called them out in an SOTU- he did one better [View All]

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with the judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937.

It didn't pass, for a variety of reasons- but nevertheless accomplished its goal:

Justice Owen Roberts switched positions and began voting to uphold New Deal measures, effectively creating a liberal majority, ending the Lochner v. era and giving the government more power in questions of economic policies.

Journo's called it "the switch in time that saved nine."