In 1937,President Franklin Roosevelt's Call to Expand the Supreme Court

question 109

Multiple Choice

In 1937,President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from

• A) complaints by several justices that they were being overworked.
• B) a desire not to have to choose between two different popular candidates for chief justice.
• C) a Democratic plan to gain the for the party permanent control of the federal government.
• D) his opinion that the Court needed to review a larger number of cases.
• E) his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court.

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