Examine:Analyse The Similarities In The Effectiveness Of Interest Groups At Protecting Civil Rights In The USA and UK.

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Paragraph Focus

  • Para 1 = Legal Challenges

  • Para 2 = Direct Action

  • Para 3 = Legislation

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Para 1 = Interest and Pressure Groups

  • US

    • EG. ACLU was instrumental in Obergefell vs Hodges 2015

  • UK

    • pressure groups such as Liberty challenge mass surveillance under the Investigatory Powers Act 2024

  • amicus curae briefs

  • by providing support for legal challenges, they can directly challenge laws and regulations breaching rights

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Comparative Theory

  • structural theory

  • amicus curiae briefs

  • both legal systems have a way that interest groups can challenges laws they disagree with

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Para 2 = Interest and Pressure Groups

  • US

    • eg. BLM movement brought issues of racial justice and rights to the forefront of public discourse in 2020 through protests, advocacy and media campaigns

  • UK

    • Pro-Palestinian pressure groups, including Palestine Solidarity Campaign have organised consistent sustained mass mobilisation to keep pressure on the government

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Para 3 = Interest and Pressure Groups

  • US

  • UK

    • April 2026, the Crime and Policing Act 20206 parliament decriminalised abortions and the successful campaign to amend the bill was driven by eg. British Pregnancy Advisory service