Lesson 6.3 by Annalise Goulding https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp en-us 2019-04-07 13:39:32 UTC 2023-03-04 15:24:06 UTC hello@padlet.com What affects the selection process for Supreme Court justices? annalise_goulding https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349247247 constitutional requirements- nominated by the president and receive the consent of the Senate
senators ensure that the nominee is qualified in a personal and professional sense
most important factor in whether the nominee gets confirmed is the political popularity and strength of the president
ideology-One way the president can have an impact well beyond the term of the presidency is by placing someone on the Court who shares the president’s ideological perspective 
representativeness-Presidents often want a group of justices who are somewhat representative of the country]]> 2019-04-07 13:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349247247 What influences how the Supreme Court selects cases, decides cases, and interprets the Constitution? annalise_goulding https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349247961 Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism- 
   -those who support judicial restraint believe that the Court should avoid overturning laws passed by democratically elected bodies, like Congress or state legislatures
   -Those who support judicial activism believe the opposite, that the Court must step in when Americans’ rights are violated
Influences on Decision Making-
   -The justices must decide how to determine what the text of the Constitution means when the words are unclear

]]> 2019-04-07 13:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349247961 What influences how the Supreme Court selects cases, decides cases, and interprets the Constitution?(cont.) annalise_goulding https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349248158 Judicial Philosophy-
   -justices themselves who determine what laws mean and what precedents are important based upon their judicial philosophy
   -Originalists believe that the best way to figure out what the Constitution means today is to look at the original understanding of the people who ratified the Constitution or its amendments
   -A different approach is what might be called the “living” constitution or what one justice has called the “active liberty” philosophy]]> 2019-04-07 13:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349248158 annalise_goulding https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349248741 2019-04-07 13:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/annalise_goulding/btyimmznantp/wish/349248741