What was the primary motive behind President

Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1937 proposal to add

members to the Supreme Court?

(1) removal of Republican justices from the Court

(2) ending the Court's use of judicial review

(3) assuring United States neutrality at the start

of World War II

(4) protection of New Deal programs from

unfavorable Court decisions

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Bradyn Phelps

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3 November, 02:20

What was the primary motive behind President

Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1937 proposal to add

members to the Supreme Court?

(1) removal of Republican justices from the Court

(2) ending the Court's use of judicial review

(3) assuring United States neutrality at the start

of World War II

(4) protection of New Deal programs from

unfavorable Court decisions

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Caleb Bolton · Answer 1

The primary motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court was " (4) protection of New Deal programs from unfavorable Court decisions," since much of the New Deal was being challenged in the court system.