The purpose of Questions 1 and 2 are to introduce to the importance of the Judicial Branches in your society.
Specially, the US Supreme Court as it relates to the elections of the President and the Senate. It’s the
President who nominates the justices and the Senate who confirms the nomination…notwithstanding the
political conflict that is going on in Washington DC. The polarization has been happening for a couple of
decades but what you are seeing is unprecedented. Hopefully, the response to the COVID-19 crisis will bring
together the parties in the longer term. We need the days of comity in government, honest disagreements,
civility in discourse and compromise to return to government.
Question 1: Discuss three US Supreme Court cases that struck you crucially important to our society. State the
WHY’s of your choices for each case. Give any examples you may see in society of the case impacts.
Question 2: Using the list of important California Supreme Court cases, same question as #1.
Question 3: After reading the California Demographic article, discuss three statistics that peaked your curiosity.
As above, state the WHY’s and support your selections with any examples your can think of. Do you see any
impact of any of the statistics on the the California Judicial Branch?
Question 4: As to the Carillo article, Select three events or references in the article that peaked your interest or
that you did not know about. Discuss the WHY’s of your selections and any other supporting information that
you deem important to add
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