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Which president's appointments made the Supreme Court more conservative, conflicting with Marshall's liberal views?

  • Jimmy Carter

  • John F. Kennedy

  • Ronald Reagan

  • Richard Nixon

Answer

President Richard Nixon appointed four new justices to the Supreme Court, replacing liberals with conservatives. This shifted the ideological balance of the Court from liberal to conservative, and made it more likely to uphold conservative laws and policies. This was a major change from the liberal Warren Court era, which had ruled in favor of civil rights, criminal defendants' rights, and separation of church and state.
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