Week 2 Discussion 2 The Constitution
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Week 2 Discussion 2 The Constitution
Discuss the impact of Superior Court Justices who serve on the bench for decades. Do they reflect the
prevailing norms better than elected legislatures? State why or why not.
The Constitution has always had several interpretations. Pick one amendment and provide an
interpretation for and against that amendment.
Discuss how public administrators can juggle situations where two or more parties interpret the constitution
differently.
The Constitution." Please respond to the following:
Discuss the impact of Superior Court Justices who serve on the bench for decades. Do
they reflect the prevailing norms better than elected legislatures? State why or why not.
The basic reason of lifetime selection is to guarantee the honor of the power
established to Court Justices and shield them against unnecessary meddling from any of the
legislative or executive branch. The express and implied division of the Supreme Court from
the other branches of Government is consequently upheld. In agreement with the standard of
providing checks and balances, the executive and legislative branches implement power over
the Supreme Court by, correspondingly, proposing and approving candidates for that body. In
the highly politicized atmosphere, which has long attended the ostensibly apolitical field of
Court Justices, Presidents often endeavor to support their agendas by selecting Court Justice
nominees approving toward their views. At times, however, the judicial leanings of Court
Justices prove unlike in practice than they had formerly appeared. The policy of lifetime
appointment, therefore, secures a Court Justice against "vengeance" for decisions going
against the desires of his or her Presidential backer. In this view, proponents have cited
Alexander Hamilton's declaration in the Federalist Papers that "nothing can contribute so
much to its inflexibility and independence as permanency in office".
A variety of concerns have also been raised regarding the conduct in which lifetime
appointment impinges on the office of Supreme Court Justices. One apprehension is that this
policy encourages the Supreme Court to be subjugated by thinking better fitted to the
influential years of the Court Justices than to the present-day situation of the United States. In
this view, the Supreme Court would be better served by more recurrent turnover in its
membership. Another issue that has been raised is of the psychological capacities of a
Supreme Court Justice becoming diminished with age. This likelihood could not possibly fall
under the purview of the condition for "good Behavior" and at hand is not provided for under
U.S. law. Criticisms of the general policy of lifetime appointment has also been stoked by the
criticism of precise Supreme court Justices and of the Court's traditions in general for moving
toward a more legislative, politicized function, which critics might locate less challenging if
offenders did not linger on the bench for so long.
The Constitution has always had several interpretations. Pick one amendment and
provide an interpretation for and against that amendment.
The Seventh Amendment guaranties a jury trial for “suits at common law, : which
includes cases in which private legal rights are determined, but not “equity cases” in which a
court is asked to grant an injunction or to decide a cases based on basic fairness (Szypszak,
2011). The Seventh Amendment extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases such as
car accidents, disputes among corporations for violation of contract, or most prejudice or
employment disputes. In civil cases, the person bringing the lawsuit seeks money damages or
a court order preventing the person being sued from engaging in certain behavior. To win, the
plaintiff must provide evidence his or her case by “a predominance of the evidence,” that is
Discuss the impact of Superior Court Justices who serve on the bench for decades. Do they reflect the
prevailing norms better than elected legislatures? State why or why not.
The Constitution has always had several interpretations. Pick one amendment and provide an
interpretation for and against that amendment.
Discuss how public administrators can juggle situations where two or more parties interpret the constitution
differently.
The Constitution." Please respond to the following:
Discuss the impact of Superior Court Justices who serve on the bench for decades. Do
they reflect the prevailing norms better than elected legislatures? State why or why not.
The basic reason of lifetime selection is to guarantee the honor of the power
established to Court Justices and shield them against unnecessary meddling from any of the
legislative or executive branch. The express and implied division of the Supreme Court from
the other branches of Government is consequently upheld. In agreement with the standard of
providing checks and balances, the executive and legislative branches implement power over
the Supreme Court by, correspondingly, proposing and approving candidates for that body. In
the highly politicized atmosphere, which has long attended the ostensibly apolitical field of
Court Justices, Presidents often endeavor to support their agendas by selecting Court Justice
nominees approving toward their views. At times, however, the judicial leanings of Court
Justices prove unlike in practice than they had formerly appeared. The policy of lifetime
appointment, therefore, secures a Court Justice against "vengeance" for decisions going
against the desires of his or her Presidential backer. In this view, proponents have cited
Alexander Hamilton's declaration in the Federalist Papers that "nothing can contribute so
much to its inflexibility and independence as permanency in office".
A variety of concerns have also been raised regarding the conduct in which lifetime
appointment impinges on the office of Supreme Court Justices. One apprehension is that this
policy encourages the Supreme Court to be subjugated by thinking better fitted to the
influential years of the Court Justices than to the present-day situation of the United States. In
this view, the Supreme Court would be better served by more recurrent turnover in its
membership. Another issue that has been raised is of the psychological capacities of a
Supreme Court Justice becoming diminished with age. This likelihood could not possibly fall
under the purview of the condition for "good Behavior" and at hand is not provided for under
U.S. law. Criticisms of the general policy of lifetime appointment has also been stoked by the
criticism of precise Supreme court Justices and of the Court's traditions in general for moving
toward a more legislative, politicized function, which critics might locate less challenging if
offenders did not linger on the bench for so long.
The Constitution has always had several interpretations. Pick one amendment and
provide an interpretation for and against that amendment.
The Seventh Amendment guaranties a jury trial for “suits at common law, : which
includes cases in which private legal rights are determined, but not “equity cases” in which a
court is asked to grant an injunction or to decide a cases based on basic fairness (Szypszak,
2011). The Seventh Amendment extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases such as
car accidents, disputes among corporations for violation of contract, or most prejudice or
employment disputes. In civil cases, the person bringing the lawsuit seeks money damages or
a court order preventing the person being sued from engaging in certain behavior. To win, the
plaintiff must provide evidence his or her case by “a predominance of the evidence,” that is
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