American Supreme Court
- Created by: Hannah
- Created on: 27-05-13 20:07
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- Supreme Court
- Membership
- 9 members
- Appointed by pr and confirmed by senate
- Life tenure
- Chief Justice
- How can one distinguish the different philosophies of judges?
- Strict Constructionalists
- Loose Constructionist
- Judicial Activism
- Judicial Restraint
- How are SC justices appointed?
- Approx 1 vacancy every 2 year
- Pools of recruitment - Courts of Appeal, State courts, Executive branch, congress, state governors and academia
- FBI background checks prior to annoucement
- ABA Rating
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Confirmation
- What is judicial review and why is it so important?
- Power of SC to declare acts of Congress or action of executive unconstitutional and thereby null and void
- Can update the constitution
- Decides of big, decisive issues e.g. abortion
- What is the political significance of SC?
- 'Legislate from the bench'
- Protects freedoms and rights
- Interpret the constitution
- Update the constitution
- Check power of Congress and Pr
- What checks are there on the SC?
- By Congress
- Confirm/ reject appointments
- Decide how many sit on court
- Impeachment
- Initiate constitutional amendments
- By Pr
- Nominations
- Throw his weight behind a decision or not
- No power of initiation
- No enforcements powers
- Public opinion
- Can amend itself
- By Congress
- Membership
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