The result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices was unsuccessful. Roosevelt proposed the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, which aimed to add more judges to the Supreme Court in order to reduce the number of old judges who were not favorable to his New Deal policies. The bill received criticism from both parties, and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted it down in July 1937. This proposal was seen as a violation of the separation of powers, and was heavily opposed by the public.