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Three Models of Supreme Court Decision-Making

In my college politics reading about the judiciary, I learned about three models that are used to describe how Supreme Court justices make decisions. Here they are:

These three roles for justices show how justices might act as only interpreters of the law, as active politicians, or as strategic actors who work within the legal and political system to achieve their preferences.

Resource

Kollman, Ken. The American Political System. 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017.

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Christian, writer, Eagle Scout, and Drake University Class of '24.

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Andrew Kennard

Christian, writer, Eagle Scout, and Drake University Class of '24.