POLI 4023 Chapter : Judicial Selection
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Two competing perspectives: accountability, emphasize responsibility to voters, put into office because of your voters; those who go against the voters are likely to lose their job, favored by strong states" rights advocates, leads to elected systems. If you make an unpopular, but correct decision, there won"t be an implication that you"ll lose your job because you"re appointed for life. Judges of the supreme court, and all other officers of the united states, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established for law . Eisenhower, and in return eisenhower named warren chief justice of the. Supreme court (first supreme court position that opened up: diversity since carter there have been more women and african americans in the. Supreme court: pursuit of political support obama put a hispanic on the court to win the. Reagan did this with o"conner for female voters. February 18, 2014: have to have majority vote.
