POLS 1101 1st edition Lecture 29 Outline of Previous Lecture I Interest Groups II Drawbacks to Interest Groups III Bureaucracy Outline of Current Lecture I Supreme Court Procedure II Justices Decision Making Process Current Lecture I II Supreme Court Procedure Petition CERT pool o Have assistance that go through the CERT pool and show them to the Justices Conference Vote Briefs Oral Arguments Conference Opinion Writing Dissent Justices Decision Making Process Justices have numerous opportunities to consider their position on case disposition Justices can be influenced by lower courts briefs oral arguments conferences and opinion drafts Majority dissenting and concurring opinions Three Models of Judicial Decision Making o Legal Model Facts of the case precedent constitutional and statutory text Suggests that the court has no interest the Judge is a Judge it doesn t matter what that judge wants personally They are doing what the law demands and nothing else o Attitudinal Model Ideology and policy preferences These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Following public opinion o Strategic Model Policy goals and institutional constraints
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