POSC 426 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Arthur Goldberg, Elena Kagan
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Judicial philosophy - originalism i. e. limits their decision making to the text of the constitution itself, its original & literal meaning. Death leaves a split supreme court - 4 liberal, 4 conservative. Presidents nominate 2 supreme court justices, on average. Obama"s garland nomination is a rare late-term nomination. Hoover & taft had late-term nominations during failed reelection bids. Confirmation process of merrick garland gone no where, due to republican control of senate. Intend to wait for end of presidential election. Conservative, yet aligns with liberal side of court on social issues such as same sex marriage. Anita hill sexual harassment scandal during nomination process. Latina woman supreme court justice - the first. Drunkard father gave her innate understanding of liars. Levels the starting line of a race, disadvantaged minorities given a level playing field with privileged white counterparts. Nominated by obama in 2010, previously solicitor general. Law clerk for thurgood marshall, former supreme court justice.
