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Judicial Choices - College Term Paper

Judicial Choices

Supreme Court conformations, much like everything else in politics and
life, changed over the years. Conformations grew from insignificant and routine
appointments to vital and painstakingly prolonged trials, because of the
changes in the political parties and institutions. The parties found the
Supreme Court to be a tool for increasing their power, which caused an
increased interest in conformations. The change in the Senate to less
hierarchical institution played part to the strategy of nomination for the
president. The court played the role of power for the parties, through its
liberal or conservative decisions. In Judicial Choices, Mark Silverstein
explains the changes in the ...

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constituency" for the Democratic party because of the social
programs. Many white southern democrats became republicans because of the
increased number of blacks in the Democratic party. Many white union members
and Catholics also left the party because they no longer thought of themselves
as the working middle class. "The disorder in the party produced among other
things a new attention to the staffing of the federal judiciary."2 Because of
the lose in constituency, the Democratic party no longer had control of the
presidency so it needed to find other means to further its agenda. The supreme
court was that other method as displayed by the Warren Court after deciding
liberal opinions like Roe v. Wade. The conformations of judges became
essential in this aspect to the Democrats in order to keep liberals on the
court.

The Republican party wanted to gain the New Right as part of its
constituency. The New Right had very conservative views and it was against the
liberal ...

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Added: 8/1/2008 04:30:18 AM
Category: Government
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 946
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