PSC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I Effects of Reality Courts II Supreme Court Nominations Outline of Current Lecture I Getting Nominated for the Judiciary II The Bureaucracy Current Lecture I Getting Nominated for the Judiciary A Yalof s variables shaping who gets nominated 1 When during a presidency 2 Composition of the Senate 3 Public approval of the president 4 Attributes of the outgoing justice 5 Pool of viable candidates B How might presidents decide 1 Open Framework open debate once vacancy arises 2 Single Candidate Framework have an idea in their back pocket 3 Criteria Framework know what you want from a potential justice C An increasingly public process 1 Hearings started in 1873 and were open to the media in 1916 2 Since 1955 all nominees testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee 3 Hearings televised since 1981 4 Result have to consider who will be able to withstand media criticism and TV exposure 5 Creates chance for senators to make a name for themselves D Outsiders step in 1 Interest groups lobby 2 Bar associations offer council 3 Media increase scrutiny and coverage 4 Legal research databases offer further insight E Case of Clarence Thomas 1 Liberal Justice Thurgood Marshall retires under a Republican president 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 2 Clarence Thomas becomes a conservative nominee chosen by a conservative president could shift the ideology of the court 3 Clarence Thomas is vague about positions on issues early in the hearings 4 Surprise developments accusations of sexual harassment in the workplace early in his career 5 Clarence Thomas hearing a high tech lynching 6 Clarence Thomas confirmed 52 48 1992 becomes the year of the woman in electoral politics due to increasing awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace II The Bureaucracy A Congress does not have the time expertise and ability to do everything B Agencies created with purpose given authority to make policy decisions
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