Is the Court a policymaking body?
If so, how have presidents maneuvered around it or deemphasized it?
- Growth and bureaucratization
of the White House staff
- Growth and bureaucratization
of the Justice Department
- Growth in size and influence of the
federal judiciary
- Increased participation by IGs
- Increased media attention
- Advances in legal research technology
Why did Obama choose to nominate Sotomayor and Kagan?
1. Deemphasis on the judiciary?
2. Polarization?
3. They were "home runs?"
4. Unreceptivity of progressive policies?
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