The cartoonist is commenting on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's efforts to 1.win congressional approval for his Supreme Court nominees 2.gain Supreme Court support for his legislative program 3.set up a retirement plan for Supreme Court Justices 4.keep members of Congress off the Supreme CourtExplanation: Note the strangle-hold FDR has on the Congress as he reaches to control the Supreme Court too. This is a tricky question due to choice number 3, which is a reference to FDR's "Court Packing" plan, which did propose a retirement age for justices (whom FDR referred to as "nine old men").

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