Many ideologies help us understand how the Supreme Court and public sentiment are associated together. Judicial activism and judicial restraint are the most relevant in this regard. […]
Three distinct periods, before the 1860s, between the Civil War through World War II, and after World War II, influenced the Supreme Court in a major way, as each era left lasting reforms. […]
The Supreme Court plays a significant role in policymaking through its decisions and precedents. The public, organized special interests, and political parties have a variety of means to try to affect the Court’s rulings and decisions. […]
Predictions before the 2016 election picked Hillary Clinton to win, but instead, Trump was elected president. Still, the polling was relatively accurate because Mrs. Clinton won the popular vote. […]
Self-interest, value, and political socialization are three main sources of individual opinion that help people make their own views toward politics and political choices. […]
In individual opinion, each person’s view is not influenced by others, while the aggregate opinion, as its name implies, is completely influenced by the opinion of the whole. […]
Only the majority opinion of the Supreme Court has legal authority and can be cited in future cases as being part of the precedent set by the case. […]
The Supreme Court can hear appeals cases from the Federal Court of Appeals or state supreme courts. For the Supreme Court to hear a case it must satisfy three rules of access: controversy, standing, and mootness. […]
In his ruling on ‘Marbury v. Madison’, Chief Justice John Marshall created a much broader power for the Supreme Court— the power of judicial review of laws. […]
The executive branch of the US government has to work with the Congress when it comes to implementing and executing policies. But there are challenges. These can be understood as two types of principal-agent problems. However, there are several tools that Congress has for reducing its problem with the bureaucracy. […]
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