Examples of the judicial branch

Question 1

Example of the FBI looking into somebody

Answer 1

Anthony Kennedy was interviewed for 10 hours and was asked questions on topics ranging from sexual history to his animal treatment

Question 2

Example of a candidate being rejected

Answer 2

1987 Douglas Ginsburg was nominated by Reagan but had to withdraw do to it being found out he took weed while he was a college professor

Question 3

Example of a justice not needing to be a judge

Answer 3

Elena Kagan was a solicitor general at the department of justice

Question 4

Example of the majority party being in control of candidates being appointed

Answer 4

In 2020 Amy Coney Barret was the first justice to get no votes from the minority party

Question 5

When was the last time a justice was rejected by the senate

Answer 5

2005

Question 6

Example of a controversial nominations where a justice is appointed at the end of a term

Answer 6

In 2016 Merec Garland was rejected as the republican senate said it was too close to the end of Obama’s presidency to have a new justice.

4 Years later the republican senate allowed trump to confirm Amy Coney Barret in the september before he was out of office.

this is completely opposite to what happened to the democrats

Question 7

Example of a controversial nominations where a justice is appointed even though there literally a sex pest rapist fuck Kavanaugh

Answer 7

In 1991 Bush nominated Thomas who had sexual allegations against him and said that the senate judiciary committee done it because he was black. He was later confirmed in the senate.

In 2018 Trumps nominee of Brett Kavanaugh was in jeopardy by an accusation of sexual assault. This was on DR ford who said she was sexually assaulted when she was 15 and 17. Kavanaugh rejected these claims and trump went on to make fun of Dr Ford at his rally’s. After millions of advertising Kavanaugh was appointed by 50-48, the closest ever vote in the senate.

Question 8

Example of a justice swapping political stances after being appointed

Answer 8

David Souter (1990-2009) became liberal after bush appointed him for his conservative views

Question 9

who is the current chief justice

Answer 9

John robets, since 2005

Question 10

example of a swing voter in the s court

Answer 10

Kennedy voted:

Conservatively on problems like- GUN CONTROL AND presidential campaigning

Liberal on LGBT rights and ABORTIONS

Question 11

How many women have been on the supreme court

Answer 11

5 women ever, with 3 sitting now

Question 12

Example of strict constructionism appointments

Answer 12

trump appointed 3

Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett

Question 13

Example of someone not being a loose or strict constitutionalist.

Answer 13

Liberal justice Sonia Sotomayor

Question 14

2 Examples of when the court interpreted the bill of rights to protect citizens rights

Answer 14

Freedom of religion - In Burwell Vs Hobby lobby store (2014) the court struck down part of the 2010 affordable health act, which made family run businesses contribute to health insurance

Gun rights - In district of columbia Vs Heller 2008 the court struck down a law banning hand gun ownership

Question 15

example of the court intervening in the electoral process

Answer 15

The 2000 presidential election was down to florida were the votes were not being counted properly. This lead Bush vs gore to go into the supreme court were they ruled bush won florida, handing him presidency.

Question 16

example of judicial activism

Answer 16

The warren court aimed to be an “activist Court”. They oversaw brown vs topeka

Question 17

Example of supreme court ruining federalism

Answer 17

In district of columbia v Heller (2008) the court ruled that a district of columbia banning handguns is unconstitutional as it goes against the right to bear arms.

Question 18

Brown vs topeka broad summary

Answer 18

13 african american parents brought up a lawsuit after their kids were rejected by an all-white school

The parent were represented by Thurgood Marshall, the first african american supreme court justice

He asked the court to reconsider the plessy v ferguson 1896 ruling that created the jim crow “Separate but equal” law

The supreme court ruled that the separate but equal was in fact NOT equal and in 1955 ordered schools to stop segregation

Question 19

Obergefell V hodges 2015 summary

Answer 19

James obergefell married his husband in maryland (Where gay marriage is legal) but the state of ohio(Gay marriage is illegal)(Ohio moment zzzzzz) didn’t recognize their marriage.

He made a challenge that reached the supreme court, focusing on the 14th amendment being “Equal protection”

The court ruled 5-4 in his favour

Question 20

Roe V Wade (1973) summary

Answer 20

jane roe was an alias used to keep Norma McCorvey unanimous. She was pregnant in texas were abortion is illegal and got 2 young female lawyers to take a case to allow her to have an abortion.

After several years it reached the supreme court were it was voted 7-2 that women should be allowed in the first stage of a pregnancy to have an abortion.

Question 21

Example of trumps conservative court

Answer 21

He appointed justices with the intent to get rid off roe v wade (This worked)

Question 22

Summary of gonzales V carhart (2007)

Answer 22

a challenge by doctors to the partial-birth abortion act 2003

This made it so women could not have an abortion when they were late into pregnancy and was signed by bush,

The decision was 5-4 in the act being kept and this got rid of abortion rights as women could not have that abortion.

All 5 of the judges that vote against it were catholic and the only women justice voted against the ban and said that the court has hostile to women’s abortion rights.