Supreme Court Justice Nominations
According to Floyd G. Cullop, The Supreme Court is responsible for "interpreting a federal, state, and local law and deciding whether or not it is constitutional," making The Supreme Court of the United States perhaps the most powerful branch of the Federal Government. Although the Supreme Court does not make the laws, the justices do review the laws and decide if they are Constitutional. In fact, over the course of a justice's tenure on The Supreme Court, he or she will have many opportunities to review laws and his or her decisions could affect the lives of many Americans. Furthermore, Supreme Court justices serve life terms, meaning that they hopefully do not have to make decisions in the hopes of getting re-elected. Although politics plays a heavy role in the nomination and subsequent confirmation of justices to the Supreme Court, hopefully after being confirmed, justices will follow the Constitution and make decisions fairly and justly.......
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