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Presidential persuasion undertaken through other people on his behalf
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Persuasion through People
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A 1925 act that reduced the excessive workload of the Supreme Court by giving it discretion over whether or not to hear cases appealed to it
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Certiorari Act
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The place from which most including all the current Supreme Court Justices, except for Elena Kagan, are drawn
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Federal Courts of Appeal
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That term the usage of which is problematic as it is often used to criticise a court for making a decision unpopular with the user of the term rather than as rational criticism
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Judicial Activism
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That group the number of whom increase from 3.5 million in 1990 to 12.2 million in 2007, leading to much rhetoric from President Donald Trump
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Illegal Immigrants
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The second stage of the Supreme Court appointments process in which the President, with the help of advisers, Congress, professional groups, and friends, looks for suitable candidates, often from the Federal Courts of Appeal, State Courts, or Department of Justice
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Search
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That case, the importance of which is that it encouraged pro-life activists to focus on chipping away at abortion rights rather than overturning Roe v Wade, and demonstrated the importance of the courts membership, which in 2000 had - with one different justice - overturned a similar Nebraska state law
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Gonzales v Carhart
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The number of black department heads whom were appointed under both Obama and Trump
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One
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That Trump era executive order which placed a ban on refugees from seven Muslim majority countries on entering the country, to protect against terrorism, blocked by the courts and ultimately superseded by a separate order (revised by two presidential proclamations)
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Executive Order 13,769
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Those three justices whom have sometimes acted as swing justices since Justice Kennedy's retirement, in order of appointment
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John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh
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Those for whom Cabinet meetings are useful for getting to know one another, resolve interdepartmental disputes, speak with colleagues and/or the President, and for gaining status and knowledge from meeting the President
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Cabinet Officers
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That body which politicises appointments to the Supreme Court by focussing on scandal and rumour such as by rabidly chasing sexual assault allegations against Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh
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Press
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That President whose cabinet included the first ever black department head
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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One of the three principal agencies of the Executive Office of the President which deliberates and advises on national security and foreign policy
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National Security Council (NSC)
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Where a certain percentage of places in higher education or employment are reserved for people from previously disadvantaged minorities, effectively banned by University of California v Bakke (1978)
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Quotas
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That which the President must rely on as his powers are checked by Congress, and thus he must convince them not to obstruct his agenda
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Presidential Persuasion
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A Justice of the Supreme Court who falls between the philosophically conservative and liberal extremes, giving them significant influence in an otherwise philosophically balanced Supreme Court, most recently being retired Anthony Kennedy
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Swing Justice
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That which is criticised for amounting itself to discrimination and being both unfair to majorities and patronising to minorities
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Affirmative Action
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That individual who is granted sole executive power under Article II Section 1 of the Constitution, making him Chief Executive
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President
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A system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of actions, and funding priorities promulgated by the government and affecting the population, much impacted by the Supreme Court - through judicial review - either upholding or removing it
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Public Policy
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