GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Precedent
12 Jun 2016
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#1 country with highest proportion of lawyers to people. Framers said the legislative branch was the least dangerous branch because. Courts settle disputes: america is very litigious. Courts have roles as settlers & makers of public policy. This is unique because it changes the policy landscape: courts control policymaking, for example, when there were problems with medicine, the courts helped settle the problems. Patients looked to the bill of rights created through courts rather than. We are unique because make/set/point to new policy in us. Courts" policymaking power came from vagueness outlined by the federal government: irrigated some power to itself in the marshall court, supported judicial review least dangerous branch . Doesn"t have an electoral base: doesn"t defer to other branches, serve a lifetime, limited resources compared to other branches . 1 justice has 3 clerks whereas 1 congressperson has 100 helpers.
