Author Question: If a judge believes that he or she should defer to the decisions made by elected representatives ... (Read 108 times)

abc · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

If a judge believes that he or she should defer to the decisions made by elected representatives whenever possible, the judge likely believes in which of the following?

a. judicial activism
b. the attitudinal model of decision making
c. originalism
d. judicial restraint

Question 2

Under which of the following circumstances would a presidential nominee to the Supreme Court have the most trouble being confirmed?

a. when the House is opposed to the nominee's ideological orientation
b. when a president nominates a woman or an ethnic or racial minority
c. when a president makes a nomination at the beginning of his or her term
d. when a president's party affiliation is in the minority in the Senate