Evaluate The View That The Supreme Court Has Too Much Power.

Introduction

supreme court = judiciary branch of government who’s main function is to interpret, apply and scrutinise implementation of the constitution

• key words

  • judicial activism

  • judicial restraint

  • imperial judiciary = judiciary that is too powerful so checks are weak

  • living constitution = constitution is an evolutionary doc that can be reinterpreted

  • originalism = constitution is fixed and shouldn’t be interpreted

  • stare decisis = standing by decided cases, upholding precedents

paragraph focus

1 = determining the meaning of the law

2 = power of the executive

my stance = not too much power

weaker argument = too powerful

stronger argument = not too powerful

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