Supreme Court terms
Terms
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- What is the term for the belief that judges should play a minimal role in policymaking?
- Judicial Restraint
- This term emphasizes that the courts may alleviate pressing needs for those who are weak politically or economically when left unmet by the majoritarian political process.
- Judical Activism
- What has been the most liberal court of the modern era by shaping public policy in areas of desegregation and the rights of the accused?
- Warren Court
- How have senators dominated the selection of judges for the federal district courts?
- Senatorial Courtesy
- What is the name for briefs that may be submitted to the S.C. by interest groups to try to influence the court?
- amicus curiae briefs
- What is the concept called in which S.C. justices try to base decisions on trying to interpret the intent of the framers?
- original intent
- What court although more conservative than the Warren Court, did legalize abortion in Roe vs. Wade?
- Warren Burger Court
- What is the name of the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and who appointed her?
- Sandra Day O'Connor and Ronald Reagan
- What is the name of the first African American nominated for the court?
- Thurgood Marshall
- What recently deceased chief justice slowly chipped away at liberal decisions?
- Wm. Rehnquist