What was the real purpose of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s court-packing plan?
a. Implementing mandatory retirement ages for judges so that Roosevelt could appoint new judges who would be sympathetic to his New Deal programs.
b. The opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices sympathetic to his New Deal programs.
c. The opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices who would consistently rule congressional actions unconstitutional.
d. The opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices who would be sympathetic to the United States fighting in Europe.
b. The opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices sympathetic to his New Deal programs.
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A) ?"bomb" B) ?"this is a stick up" C) ?"fire" D) ?"gun" E) "down with America"
The governor’s most significant appointment is the ______.
a. attorney general b. lieutenant governor c. secretary of state d. railroad commissioner e. comptroller.