But it's generally better to have a decisive decision of the court. So nine permits the court to divide one way or the other. And it has been alluded to a couple times when President Roosevelt tried to unsuccessfully in 37 to expand the court to 15 justices. Was there any sound logic to this expansion that the President was using or making, or was it merely an overreaction to a Supreme Court that had repeatedly struck down the New Deal? (01:54–02:01)
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Asserts that President Roosevelt attempted to expand the Supreme Court to 15 justices in 1937.
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