en grounded in political jurisprudence (Shapiro, 1964). Most authors have examined the role of the Court as an exercise of power under stress, going so far as to turn the subject into literary journalism (Woodward and Armstrong, 1979). Yet, in the current decade, one author has looked at the political revolts surrounding the court and posited the notion that the conventional wisdom that the whim of the Court is more important than the law is often lacking in substance (O'Brien, 1986). One then sees that the Court is not completely shielded from public pressure, or in fact, from the special interest or pressure groups that have become even more powerful in the last few decades.
In principle, the two basic ways special interest groups use strategy in the coveting of their goals are direct and indirect lobbying. Direct lobbying involves varying degrees of direct contract for the purpose of influencing policymakers and their staffs. Indirect lobbying, also called grass roots lobbying, attempts to mobilize third parties to exert pressure o
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