What are the roles of the various kinds of judges in the U.S.?
How is the Supreme Court different from other courts?
The Supreme Court and the boundaries of the democratic process
What is judicial independence?
How do the courts ensure that unpopular people receive a fair trial?
How do the courts prevent the majority from tyrannizing the minority?
What are the reasons for judicial independence?
What makes it possible for judges to make unpopular decisions?
The law and the judicial oath as checks on the judiciary
How does the Constitution protect judicial independence?
What makes the Constitution work?
How does the role of the judicial branch differ from that of the other two branches?
Should state court judges be elected?
What accounts for changes in presidential responses to Supreme Court rulings?
Why does the public accept the rule of law in controversial cases?
Why is the rule of law important?
What is the greatest threat to judicial independence?