POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary, Merrick Garland, Antonin Scalia
29 Aug 2016
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Divorce- typically takes about a year; person incites the divorce is ready to go, but the firee isn"t ready to get up and go. Courts mentioned in article iii of constitution, founding fathers didn"t know what they wanted, they didn"t want ecclesiastical or monarch-controlled. Judicial power ( ) vested in one supreme court (scotus), only court mentioned. Congress determines # of scotus justices (currently 9 as of 1869) Constitution calls them judges, conventionally justices on federal level. Requirements of supreme court justices: is this an issue: nominated by president (as mentioned in article ii, confirmed by senate (article ii); majority of senators present. Every scotus justice in the us has been a lawyer. Only way to pass a law requiring certain standards for a justice is to amend the constitution. Historically, scotus has been made up of rich, white, anglo-saxon men; not so today. Vivian; martin luther king jr. s right-hand man.
