Politicians Sitting on a Bench


	Supreme Court TOO Politicised?
	Advantages appointment process, politicised: president and senate confirm and nominate quasi-legislative, make law that affects the American people, looks at both state + federal law abortion, hand-guns, free speech, death penalty, affirmative action; however reflect public opinion eg) death penalty strike against decisions made by president and congree; judicial review - gave them self this power warren court legislated from the bench judicial activism	Disadvantages independent body, separation of powers, follow judicial procedures not accountable, or representative, security of tenure, their powers have been used sparingly, lots they have not commented on inevitable they will be a bit politicised- but they're not too politicised
	Evaluation some political role - inevitable, but mainly just judicial power necessary to keep the exec and congress in order

appointment process, politicised: president and senate confirm and nominate
quasi-legislative, make law that affects the American people, looks at both state + federal law
abortion, hand-guns, free speech, death penalty, affirmative action; however reflect public opinion eg) death penalty
strike against decisions made by president and congree; judicial review - gave them self this power
warren court legislated from the bench
judicial activism

some political role - inevitable, but mainly just judicial power
necessary to keep the exec and congress in order

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