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Selecting Justices of the Supreme Court

Selecting Justices of the Supreme Court. AP Government and Politics Chapter 14: Wilson Homework : Wilson: (405-420). Discussion Questions. What would the membership of an ideal Supreme Court look like? 

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Selecting Justices of the Supreme Court

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  1. Selecting Justices of the Supreme Court AP Government and Politics Chapter 14: Wilson Homework: Wilson: (405-420)

  2. Discussion Questions • What would the membership of an ideal Supreme Court look like?  • Would it include male and female members of diverse racial and religious backgrounds?  • Should it include younger members as well as older members, gay members as well as straight members, conservatives as well as liberals? • What would be the disadvantage of having nine like-minded justices (so long as  you agreed with their  approaches to  judging)?  • Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska once said, when  Richard Nixon  nominated for the position of justice a lawyer, Harold Carswell, who was criticized for  having an undistinguished record: • "Even if he was mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters and stuff like that there." • What do you think of Hruska's point?

  3. The Selection Process • What factors does a president usually take into account when making a nomination for the Supreme Court? • What happens sometimes to the ideological leaning of a justice once appointed? • Why might this occur? • Why are the following “criteria” placed on nominees considered controversial? • Senatorial Courtesy? • A “litmus test”? • What is the role of the Senate with regard to the appointment process? • Should the Senate be a “rubber stamp” with regard to who the president has appointed? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRVsjNwWfe4&feature=channel • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCOlKIYqHs • http://www.c-span.org/Special/Supreme-Court-Kagan-Senate-Confirmation-Hearing-34791.aspx

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