A2-AQA GOV4A Politics 10th June 2013

If Judicial activism/restraint came up as a 10 marker how would you answer it?

Planning Congress/Constitution with Judiciary as my back up. I'm nervous.

Define the term
Give examples of Cases

Activism - Use Judicial Arrogance, 'Legislating from the bench', how it has become political, examples of Justices ie Ginsburg, Loose Constructionism, Time Period Burger and Warren, How it isn't the norm in US Politics, now the use of conservative activism,

Restraint - Judicial Deference, Originalists, Reading the words of the constitution, Strict Constructionism, Examples of Cases, Examples of justices, how it protects the rights of citizens over the branches

NFIB v. Sebelius is the best recent one in my opinion.

I'm backing on a committee question for Congress and Federalism for Constitution. What you think???

Ok what 2 examples would you give for judicial active and judicial restraint cases

For committees, what sort of question are you planning for? It must look at the importance of committees I assume? Perhaps how significant their role is in the legislative process?

The Obvious ones would be; Roe v Wade (1973) Brown v Board (1954) for activism

Gonzales v Carhart 2007 and Gibbons v Ogden to demonstrate the Norm

Everyone excited for tomorrow?? What questions are people doing, Executive and Congress/Constitution I reckon

Why would you explain that Gonzalez VS Carhart is restraint

If Judicial activism/restraint came up as a 10 marker how would you answer it?

This is more likely to be a B question, A's are usually the appointment process or judicial independance.
If it did come up, it would depend what the precise question was as there is more than enough info for 10 marks.

Why would you explain that Gonzalez VS Carhart is restraint

I was thinking perhaps Woodrow Wilson's quote about how the work of Congress is done in the comittes 'Discuss'

That does sound like the sort of thing they'd do. My real issue with that is that I'm not sure how I'd argue against their influence; there are people like Bob Dole who said that he was a "majority pleader, not majority leader" and the ability to block a second reading in both chambers.

The only thing I can think of is the discharge petition in the House to force a second reading. :/

Ok what 2 examples would you give for judicial active and judicial restraint cases

Against the influence of what? What would be your essay outline for it?

That does sound like the sort of thing they'd do. My real issue with that is that I'm not sure how I'd argue against their influence; there are people like Bob Dole who said that he was a "majority pleader, not majority leader" and the ability to block a second reading in both chambers.

The only thing I can think of is the discharge petition in the House to force a second reading. :/

That does sound like the sort of thing they'd do. My real issue with that is that I'm not sure how I'd argue against their influence; there are people like Bob Dole who said that he was a "majority pleader, not majority leader" and the ability to block a second reading in both chambers.

The only thing I can think of is the discharge petition in the House to force a second reading. :/