In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from
A. a desire not to have to choose between two different popular candidates for chief justice.
B. a Democratic plan to gain for the party permanent control of the federal government.
C. complaints by several justices that they were being overworked.
D. his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court.
E. his opinion that the Court needed to review a larger number of cases.
Answer: D
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