Before 1937, the Supreme Court responded to the New Deal by... striking down and invalidating many of its major initiatives affirming constitutional validity of New Deal legislation failing to take a consistent approach in favor or against New Deal legislation voting along partisan lines, with Republican-appointed judges largely disapproving of New Deal legislation and Democrat-appointed judges largely voting in favor of it Question 3 1 pts The Second New Deal focused on... reforming the economy so that it provided greater economic security for ordinary Americans cooperating with business to promote economic recovery shrinking the size of the federal government expanding the political rights enjoyed by Americans