The Judicial Branch Of Government: Debates About The Political Significance Of The Supreme Court

Question 1

What are some controversial rulings by the Supreme Court?

Answer 1

Roe V Wade (1973) and the overturning (2022)
Obergefell V Hodges (2015)
Bush V Gore (2000)

Question 2

Due to justice on the Supreme Court being unelected, creating new rights for Americans, what has ,au critics labeled the COurt?

Answer 2

A ‘quasi-legislative’ body, where people have argued it has moved beyond its constitutional role of interpreting the law to usurping Congress’s role in making the law

Question 3

What is judicial restraint?

Answer 3

As judges are not elected they take a deferential attitude to the legislative and executive because those two branches are elected

Question 4

What is judicial activism?

Answer 4

Where justices make judgement in order to improve society, which is mainly done by living constitution judges

Question 5

What are some landmark rulings?

Answer 5

Brown V Topeka Board of Education (1954)
Obergefell V Hodges (2015)