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Article: Constitutional Law for a Changing America

Rights, Liberties, and Justiceby Lee Epstein and Thomas G. Walker

I. - Answer in a complete form the following questions.

1. - What do legal approaches to Supreme Court decision making, suggest in the way the
court arrives at its decisions?

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2. - What forces shape judicial decisions according to the results of decades of research
by scholars?

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3. - Name the three categories of approaches to Supreme Court decision making,


according to research by scholars.

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4. - Do the attitudinal approaches emphasize the importance of the justices political


ideologies?

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5. - What does the school of thought justices personal attitude maintain when a case
comes before the Court decision making?

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6. - How do we know if a particular justice is liberal or conservative?

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7. - Within the preference based category of the judicial role, how have scholars defined
this judicial role?

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8. - How do analysts typically discuss judicial roles?

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9. - According to an activist justice, which is the proper role of the Court?

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10. - According to restraint-oriented justices, which is the proper role of the Court?

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11. - How do the authors Epstein and Walker restate the strategic argument of judicial
decisions?

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12. - How does strategic behavior manifest itself?

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13. - Name the three forces that are considered of influence in the decision making of the
Court.

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14. Which is one of the fundamental differences between the Supreme Court and the
political branches?

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15. Can justices once appointed, serve for life?

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16. - Are justices once appointed, accountable to the public and required to undergo any
periodic reevaluation of their decisions?

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17. Some scholars claim that justices are not affected by public opinion, name the three
reasons they offer.

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18. The Court has always had a complex relationship with the president, what does this
relationship provide the president with?

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19. Name some direct links the president has with the Court.

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20. Under whose command does the executive branch operate?

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21. Is the executive branch, a direct or less source of influence of the Court?

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22. Can the Supreme Court, as a judicial body, implement or execute its own decisions?

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23. Name another indirect source, of presidential influence of the Court.

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24. Can the SGs office convince the justices to adopt the position advocated by the SG?

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25. Name some examples of powers that Congress has over the Court that justices
cannot ignore.

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26. Name a striking example of politicization of the Courts work.

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27. How do interest groups try to influence Court decisions?

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28. Besides trying to influence the Courts decisions, why else do they go to the
Supreme Court?

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