Why Did FDR Want to Make Changes to the Supreme

question 32

Multiple Choice

Why did FDR want to make changes to the Supreme Court?

• A) He was worried the Court would strike down key elements of the New Deal.
• B) There was considerable evidence the Court had become corrupt.
• C) The Court had moved far to the political left.
• D) The Court did not have any female or minority members.

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