appointments to the Students should learn about how Chapter 14: Supreme ‘The court and their impact. justices are appointed, factors Court and Judicial Politics’ taken into account when in American Politics and Students should appointing justices and the role of Society by David McKay consider why the the Senate in the process. (2017: 9th Edition) nomination process is so politically controversial and has Politics Review March been criticized. It 2016 e-review: Death of a should be stressed that Supreme Court justices can be placed justice: Emma Kilheeney on an ideological considers what the death spectrum according to of Justice Antonin Scalia how liberal or means for the US conservative they are Supreme Court and for in decision making. Obama The current court is split into two Politics Review Volume ideological blocs a – 24, Number 3, February conservative quartet 2015: The Supreme and a liberal quartet. a political, not judicial, The two blocs are Robert Singh institution? separated by a single justice, sometimes described as the ‘swing justice’. Students should understand the significance of the justice’. ‘swing However, it should also be stressed that this can change over time –
Students should learn about how justices are appointed, factors taken into account when appointing justices and the role of the Senate in the process. appointments to the court and their impact. Students should consider why the nomination process is so politically controversial and has been criticized. It should be stressed that justices can be placed on an ideological spectrum according to how liberal or conservative they are in decision making. The current court is split into two ideological blocs – a conservative quartet and a liberal quartet. The two blocs are separated by a single justice, sometimes described as the ‘swing justice’. Students should understand the significance of the ‘swing justice’. However, it should also be stressed that this can change over time – Chapter 14: ‘The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics’ in American Politics and Society by David McKay (2017: 9th Edition) Politics Review March 2016 e-review: Death of a Supreme Court justice: Emma Kilheeney considers what the death of Justice Antonin Scalia means for the US Supreme Court and for Obama Politics Review Volume 24, Number 3, February 2015: The Supreme a political, not judicial, institution? Robert Singh
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