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How did Franklin Roosevelt try to counteract the U.S. Supreme Court as it found his policies unconstitutional?

He tried to have six more justices added to the Court.
He attempted to reduce the number of justices on the Court.
He demanded that some of them resign.
He ignored their findings and kept his programs.

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Answer:

He tried to have six more "justices" added to the court

Step-by-step explanation:

To off balance the votes so he would have majority.

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Answer:

He tried to have six more justices added to the Court.

Step-by-step explanation:

WHen Franklin Roosevelt started his term at office he proposed several new policies and new deal programs that were overturned by the supreme court, since there was no specification on how many justices should there be at the supreme court in the constitution, he threaten with proposing to appoint 6 more justices to the supreme court that would balance into his favor the supreme court and would allow him to pass the programs that he wanted to enact, he didn´t have to appoint six more justices to supreme court, he instead started replacing the ones that were leaving supreme court and little by little gaining over the ones that were hostile against his policies.

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