Posted: November 2nd, 2015

American Politics

The U.S. Supreme Court

Answer the discussion questions and leave 2 comments for each classmate post

Follow the guidelines before commenting, When you make a comment reflect upon what your classmates have already said .Consider referring to a class mates comment when making a comment.

Linda Greenhouse “The Justices” (See attached pdf file)

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Questions:

1.There are no formal requirements to be a U.S Supreme Court Justices. Do you think there should be some type of formal requirement? Explain (minimum of 150 words)

2. Once appointed to the Supreme Court, Justices have lifetime terms. Is it good that justices can serve for life? Or should there be a term limits ? Explain (minimum of 150 words)

3. What does Ginsburg mean by the modern “confirmation mess”?

4. What did John Roberts mean by the claim , “ Justice are like umpires”?

5. What is meant by the fact that Justices have life tenures?

6. Road Adam Liptak’sArticle , “ The Polarized Court.” Then answer this question. Is there a problem that the Supreme Court is polarized? Or could that be seen as a good thing? Explain ( minimum of 150 words)

7. In your opinion, Is the work of U.S Supreme Court Justices influenced by politics?

8. Let’s suppose that you are a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. There is a case where a high school student wants to where a t-shirt which displays the image below. In your opinion , Does he have the constitutional right to wear this kind of t-shirt to public school? (minimum of 150 words)