Differences (2) appointments/ funding

Question 1

(3) Name one more difference between the US and UK Supreme Court.

(CLUE: appointment)

Answer 1

they have a difference in the appointment process

Question 2

Explain the appointment process for the US supreme Court

Answer 2

• highly politicised nature of appointment means the judges JUDICIAL IDEOLOGY have become politicised

Question 3

Explain the appointment process for the UK Supreme Court

Answer 3

• UK Judges do not have high profile political understanding of their political ideology

Question 4

US supreme court funding

Answer 4

• US supreme court annual budget of nearly $80 Million (2017)
• this allows it to operate with Judicial clerks, free of the concern it may lose money for a decision disliked by the government

Question 5

UK supreme court funding

Answer 5

• UK supreme court funding around £12 Million (2017)
• Lord Phillips, the first president of the UK supreme court argued that the Court’s budget should be ringfenced and not dependent on what the Ministry of Justice felt appropriate)