<p>is Lawrence applicable? i talked about it after going on and on about Miranda and Wade for like 3 pages....</p>
<p>gitlow v. new york??</p>
<p>The coolest thing about this exam... I got to quote Andrew Jackson.</p>
<p>"The coolest thing about this exam... I got to quote Andrew Jackson."</p>
<p>So did I! And I thought I would be the only one...</p>
<p>For that other question, I used: Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainright (yeah, I used two, just for fun)...and Gitlow v. New York. I added tons of tidbits that I think were totally unnecessary, but they were interesting to write.</p>
<p>for number 3 i used Miranda v. Arizona and Mapp v. Ohio for "rights of ____" (can't we talk about it now?...it's been like 46 hours) and for the other one i used Texas v. Johnson and Tinker v. Des Moines.</p>
<p>AJ: "The Court has made its decision. Now let them enforce it!"
Definitely applied to #1</p>
<p>2 day rule is over. We can talk about it. :)</p>
<p>I think I tore up the multiple-choice part but did pretty shoddily on the essays... used Roe v. Wade and Miranda v. Arizona for question 3 and I don't really remember anything else about the essays, except that they averaged about a page. I'm certain I did quite well on the MC so it'll be interesting to see whether they can bring up my short, pointed, but not-good essays up to a 5.</p>
<p>But remember, it has to be about the Bill of Rights being incorporated into state law....alot of your Supreme Court cases deal with federal law only</p>
<p>Okay.. I found the first FR question the hardest thing on the test. What did you guys put? .. because I think I put the wrong stuff:</p>
<p>I talked about the nomination/impeachment process to distance the supreme court from public opinion, and that the court chooses its own appeals.</p>
<p>For part B, I put the courts want to stay close to public opinion so that they don't cause riots/civil disobedience.. and that they have to make laws that the president/state legislator are can enforce. ugh.. I really don't know. I think I strayed from the prompt a lot.</p>
<p>for the campaign finance thing, i used Granny D. as my interest group. do you think they'll know who she is. she was in one of those spotlights in my book in the Interest Group chapter.</p>
<p>Something I talked about, was how the supreme court members are elected for life(granted they don't get impeached) thus, they don't have to go into the publics favor on a decision, because they aren't like congressmen, who are always getting re-elected.</p>
<p>Okay, cool.</p>
<p>And Hope, what do you mean? Interest group? Uh.. I don't remember interest groups.. crap?</p>
<p>knavish- there was an essay about campaign finance reform, for the proponents and opponents of the bill i used interest groups</p>
<p>Hm, that's strange -- I think I answered the question differently.</p>
<p>I used banning of soft money, and limiting individual contributions. From here, I just talked about the postive and negative aspects of each.. Like I said soft money helps people get involved, but it is often used dishonestly.. etc, etc..</p>
<p>For #3 I also put Miranda v. Arizona and Roe v. Wade. I also mentioned Gitlow v. New York since that had to do with the Theory of Incorporation.</p>
<h1>4: I think I mentioned interest groups and PACs too. I can't remember the reset of the question.</h1>
<h1>1: I put that they keep their distance from public opinion because they're appointed by the President and that they serve life terms. I put that they tend not to veer too far from public opinion because Prez's tend to nominate people who are ideologicaly similar to themselves, so the judges sort of have the same view point as people in the public, and that judges jobs are to interpret the laws, which are made by Congress - which is composed of people elected by the people. So, indirectly, the judges can be influenced to make decisions by the law which has been shaped by public opinion.</h1>
<p>What else did you guys write for #1?</p>
<p>pretty much the same as galgrl24, about how their elected for life.</p>
<p>For #1, I put that they're appointed for life and that the nominees are all forwarded to the ABA for recommendation. I quoted Andrew Jackson for the other part: that judges have to be responsible to public opinion because they depend on the other branches to enforce their policymaking role. Also, I put that they are nominated and approved by officials who ARE responsible to public opinion.</p>
<p>is selective incorporation have to do with applying bill of rights and supreme court cases at the federal level to states?</p>
<p>is there a place to see what kind of score we got? I'm hoping 4-5 and think i got like 48-50 MC and decent essays</p>