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What was the response when Roosevelt tried to expand the number of Supreme Court Justices with the Judicial Reorganization Act?

A. The majority of the public fully supported the act.
B. Congress supported it, but many other Americans did not.
C. Most Americans were unaware it was happening, and it did not end up coming before Congress for a vote.
D. Both Congress and the public generally felt that it violated the separation of powers.

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Roosevelt sought to reverse this by changing the makeup of the court through the appointment of new additional justices who he hoped would rule that his legislative initiatives did not exceed the constitutional authority of the government.

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