Political Science Pol Sci 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antonin Scalia
12 Jun 2016
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Lecture 4: realism, dynamic interpretation thinking about the affects on the supreme court a. i. Same sex marriage case initially were worried about ruling on the case. 3 years ago, but later took the case and ruled as the views of the president/congress/people changed: political values b. i. Ideology and partisanship can influence the individual decisions of the. Justices liberals and conservatives on the court b. i. 1. Have very liberal justices or very conservative justices b. ii. Federalists (central government) alexander hamilton (john marshall) b. ii. 2. Free marketers william r. day antonin scalia. Regulators harlan fiske stone stephen g. breyer: political/constitutional theories c. i. Theories about how american democracy works best how should our system work? c. ii. Role of the supreme court in our system of government unelected official who regulate the will of the people c. iii. Extreme restraints justices who think the court should be very passive.
