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US Supreme Court - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Giving the whole Senate a vote provides a check on the power of the President.
      - Encourages bipartisanship in the sense that the nominee has to pass the Senate.
      - It encourages thorough questioning of the nominee to check their eligibility and suitability.
      - The politicisation of the Court is not as big a deal as it is made out to be.
      - Politicisation gives the Supreme Court legitimacy.
    - - The President will pick someone with the same ideology.
      - The process has become politicised at numerous stages.
      - The Senate vote is now, often, entirely along party lines.
      - The party in favour of the nominee will often question the nominee less thoroughly in the Judiciary Committee hearings.
      - The length of the nomination process means that, for a time, there are 8 justices which can lead to a tied court.
      - The role of the media and pressure groups have further politicised the process creating a media circus.
- - - - Counter: The court chooses cases of significant constitutional impact, allowing the Court to use its power to try to protect rights.
    - - Although unlikely to be ignored given the importance of the Constitution.
    - - But, Vagueness of Constitution allows a good deal of breadth in the Courts interpretation --> can protect rights even when not explicitly identified, e.g: gay marriage.