For which of the following reasons did the supreme court most likely rule that it could not force the president to act?

it would diminish the power of the executive branch and increase the power of the judicial branch.
it would diminish the power of the legislative branch and increase the power of the judicial branch.
it would diminish the power of the judicial branch and increase the power of the executive branch.
it would diminish the power of the judicial branch and increase the power of the legislative branch.

It would diminish the power of the Executive Branch and increase the power of the Judicial Branch.

Since the three branches of power are independent and equally powerful, forcing each other to act would create an off balance.

so they can defeat there oppenent

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.