a) Judicial Review is the ability to review the actions by the executive and legislative branch and decide whether or not they are constitutional. This includes laws.
b) Judicial Review gives the SC the power to overturn actions or laws, and therefore creates a check over the other two branches. The president cannot do whatever he likes because there is a court who will review his actions (i.e. executive orders). The same applies to Congress, they could not join up with the president and create a crazy law because the Supreme Court could overturn it.
c) Four justices must agree to hear the case and they issue a writ of certorari.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
H3
1
a) Race or Sex, Age, and Political Ideology
b) Race or Sex provides diversity for the Supreme Court. The Court, in order to be representative of the people of America, need to be an accurate mirror of the citizens. Age is important for two reasons: the first is that with age comes experience, and with the experience one can predict how a judge may vote in the future. The second is that you do not want a very very old judge who is about to die. Political Ideology is taken into account for nomination because the President wants a judge who will vote in line with his ideology. It also ensures that the president's party will be represented even after the president is gone.
c) Sex is demonstrated in Kagan's nomination because she makes three women on the court, which is the first time that has ever happened. Because this nation is more than 50% female... this nomination is pushing us towards a more accurately representative court.
2
a) Two ways interest groups can take part in the nomination are sending out letters that support or degrade the nominee to their members or constituents and they also help lobbying for a nominee by talking to members of the Senate.
b) The letters have been used to smear potential nominee's reputation, or to bring up a potential error in their background (for example: Thomas' potential sexual harassment?). Lobbying influences the members of the Senate to vote either way for a nominee, and of course it is up to the Senate to confirm.
c) This is an example of an interest group involving themselves in Elena Kagan's confirmation. ""Ensure Elena Kagan gets a fair hearing," blares a headline on the website of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "The future of women's access to abortion hangs in the balance," the group tells visitors to the site, asking them to urge senators to inquire about Kagan's stance on the Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion rights." NARAL Pro-Choice America lobbied members of the Senate to ensure that Kagan got the seat.
a) Race or Sex, Age, and Political Ideology
b) Race or Sex provides diversity for the Supreme Court. The Court, in order to be representative of the people of America, need to be an accurate mirror of the citizens. Age is important for two reasons: the first is that with age comes experience, and with the experience one can predict how a judge may vote in the future. The second is that you do not want a very very old judge who is about to die. Political Ideology is taken into account for nomination because the President wants a judge who will vote in line with his ideology. It also ensures that the president's party will be represented even after the president is gone.
c) Sex is demonstrated in Kagan's nomination because she makes three women on the court, which is the first time that has ever happened. Because this nation is more than 50% female... this nomination is pushing us towards a more accurately representative court.
2
a) Two ways interest groups can take part in the nomination are sending out letters that support or degrade the nominee to their members or constituents and they also help lobbying for a nominee by talking to members of the Senate.
b) The letters have been used to smear potential nominee's reputation, or to bring up a potential error in their background (for example: Thomas' potential sexual harassment?). Lobbying influences the members of the Senate to vote either way for a nominee, and of course it is up to the Senate to confirm.
c) This is an example of an interest group involving themselves in Elena Kagan's confirmation. ""Ensure Elena Kagan gets a fair hearing," blares a headline on the website of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "The future of women's access to abortion hangs in the balance," the group tells visitors to the site, asking them to urge senators to inquire about Kagan's stance on the Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion rights." NARAL Pro-Choice America lobbied members of the Senate to ensure that Kagan got the seat.
Monday, March 4, 2013
H1
My justice is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This was just my favorite line, "Those who like to believe they have picked themselves up by the bootstraps sometimes forget that they wouldn't even have boots were it not for the women who came before. "
Ginsburg, before she was a justice, found an Exhibit (Exhibit E) that documented various laws that differed between the sexes.
She took many of these laws to the Supreme Court and achieved five victories.
Ginsburg once had to hide her second pregnancy so she could receive tenure. This and a run in with her sons school contributed to her silent fight for women.
This was just my favorite line, "Those who like to believe they have picked themselves up by the bootstraps sometimes forget that they wouldn't even have boots were it not for the women who came before. "
Ginsburg, before she was a justice, found an Exhibit (Exhibit E) that documented various laws that differed between the sexes.
She took many of these laws to the Supreme Court and achieved five victories.
Ginsburg once had to hide her second pregnancy so she could receive tenure. This and a run in with her sons school contributed to her silent fight for women.
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