Frustrated by the U.S.Supreme Court's opposition to many New Deal programs,President Franklin D.Roosevelt proposed

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President Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of justices from nine to thirteen in an effort to overcome the opposition of the Supreme Court to his New Deal programs. The proposal was met with widespread criticism and opposition, including from members of Roosevelt's own party, but ultimately the Court began to uphold the constitutionality of New Deal measures, making the proposal unnecessary.