There haven't always been nine justices on the court. The U.S. Constitution established the Supreme Court but left it to Congress to decide how many justices should make up the court. The Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number at six: a chief justice and five associate justices.
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<span>Populist’s platform (or Omaha
platform) was adopted to bring back the Republic government to the ordinary
people. The convention was held on July 4, 1892 at Omaha, Nebraska. The
platform aimed at proposing different social reforms of the state such as
income taxes, direct Senatorial elections, single terms for Presidential and
Vice-Presidential electorate, secret ballots, working day reductions, national
currency, financial assistance to farmers, soldier pensions, legislative
system, railroads, telegraphs & telephone systems as well as postal savings,
and many more. The movement lost its power on the 1896 election.</span>
Answer:
<h2>failure to regulate trade among the states</h2>
Explanation:
The articles of confederation was the first constitution of US. It was drafted to hold the union together and make a stronger economy.
The were many weaknesses in the articles of confederation as it granted very few powers to the central government, it could pass laws but it had no authority to enforce them without the support of states. The continental congress could neither levy taxes nor regulate trade. <em>The authors didn't want to give congress the power to regulate trade and dictate the states what to manufacture or buy,It was due to the bad experiences they had under the British rule when their production and trade was restricted</em>. There was no provision for the federal court system and amending it was very difficult.
