Write a Thesis: The US Supreme CourtYour question is: Comparing the Martin-Quinn Scores with the List of Supreme Court Justices Appointed Since 1954, could it be argued that presidential appointment power has had an effect on the politics of the court, according to the Martin-Quinn Scores?Below is a starter sentence for a thesis.Political scientists Andrew Martin and Kevin Quinn have suggested that presidential appointment power has been limited or not very effective in influencing the political leanings of court decisions. The evidence of court decisions and appointment patterns over the last 60 years suggest _______________________________________________________.Here is the information about this topic:Presidents of the United States nominate Supreme Court justices and the US Senate “gives consent,” or votes to approve or disapprove the nomination. Since at least the Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954), the public has speculated about the political leanings of the court. Presidents try to influence the liberal or conservative direction of the court with their nominations, and senators have been known to vote on the basis of whether that justice might shift the politics of the court right or left. Nevertheless, justices insist that they do not decide cases from a political perspective.Despite the assertion that the court is not political, social scientists have made a study of the overall conservative-liberal tendencies of the court. Andrew D. Martin of Washington University, St. Louis, and Kevin M. Quinn of the University of California, Berkeley, have examined and ranked the decisions of Supreme Court justices since 1935. They have plotted scores in the Martin-Quinn Scores graph, which show the liberal to conservative decisions of each justice over their term on the court. The graph demonstrates the leanings of the court over time, at least since the great landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
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