In 1937 he supported Roosevelt's proposal to restructure the United States Supreme Court (the "court-packing plan").

Roberts' move came to be known as "the switch in time that saved nine" as Roosevelt's court-packing plan ultimately failed.

Robinson's death cost the president his "court-packing" plan and deprived the Senate of a towering leader.

Soon after the proposal of the court-packing plan, however, the Supreme Court ended the trend that had prevailed since Lochner.

Around the time the plan was pending, Roberts started voting to uphold F.D.R.'s bills, and the court-packing plan died an unmourned death.

However, Lucas disagreed with Roosevelt over the president's court-packing plan, which Lucas denounced as "useless, selfish, and futile."

With his caucus divided between conservatives and liberals, Barkley failed to secure passage for Roosevelt's court-packing plan.

Franklin Roosevelt's in 1936 led to his autocratic "court-packing" plan.

It's clear, for example, that Roberts actually first voted with Roosevelt before the court-packing plan came to light.

Opponents viewed the legislation as an attempt to stack the court, leading them to call it the "court-packing plan".