raordinary and exceptional power to the judiciary, power that would give it supremacy in the delicate system of checks and balances that sits at the heart of the American governmental system.
Because the Supreme Court has the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, it is much more prone to be influenced by different interests groups on sensitive legislative issues from abortion to gun control. Such social and political issues are often finally decided by the Supreme Court based on its interpretation or reading of the Constitution. This creates a conflict between liberal and conservative justices and interest groups who vie for influence with the Court. This is why Republican or Democratic administrations often try to appoint justices that they believe will interpret the Constitution based on their own specific agenda and reading of it. Surely such power invested in the Supreme Court makes it far more powe
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