Constitution outlines the process whereby the President of the United States is entrusted with the responsibility of selecting the Supreme Court Justices: "The President...shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States." Because unlike other public servants, Supreme Court Justices serve for life, their appointments need to be considered carefully. The general public cannot be trusted to make decisions this important with proper care and consideration. The most recent election of Donald Trump further proves this to be the case. Even though presidential appointments… Continue Reading...
among the best orators in American history and also the best writer ever among Supreme Court Justices. With respect to the Court's future, numerous diverse responses on the part of politicians are to be expected in the near future (Burrus, 2016). My hope and prediction is that a number of individuals who opposed his philosophy will accord him the regard he rightfully deserves, which will, possibly more than any other thing, prove his continuing legacy. Viewed objectively, Scalia definitely ranks among the nation's greatest justices. His flamboyant wittiness and powerful reasoning made him the strongest and most prominent supporter of the constitutional interpretation theory… Continue Reading...
Greenhouse, L. (2014). The Supreme Court Justices have cellphones, too. The New York Times. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/opinion/linda-greenhouse- the-supreme-court-justices-have-cellphones-too.html
This article suggests that while the US Supreme Court justices are sworn to uphold the law, their own personal biases and experiences may influence them. Author Greenhouse (2014) notes that one reason the Court may have drawn the line permitting luggage to be squeezed without probable cause is that as passengers they may have found such practices personally distasteful and intrusive—and thus were motivated to see such actions as a violation against the prohibition against unreasonable… Continue Reading...
Supreme Court Justices that would repeal the decision in Roe v. Wade; Trump’s promise to immediately stop Muslim immigration; and Trump’s promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.
In the immediate aftermath of his election, Trump walked-back his position on many of his campaign promises. After meeting with President Obama, Trump praised parts of Obamacare and acknowledged that it would be far more complicated to repeal the law than he acknowledged while campaigning. Although he did not abandon the idea of building a border wall, his staff acknowledged that it was… Continue Reading...
