Why is the fact that the president gets to nominate new supreme court justices important?

Answer 1

Because the supreme court has a lot of power. Their rulings can set government policies, can nullify laws. In addition supreme court justices are nominated for life, so they keep this powers for years, possible decades. This power is derived from the deliberate vagueness of the Constitution (example: what is torture? is the right of the mother to protect her body higher than the right to life of the unborn child?) The Court of Justice plays a major role in abortion, single sex marriage and other high profile situations. At this moment the majority of the judges are nominated by republic presidents (conservatives?), if Obama nominates more liberal judges this can actually result in a major change in the American society.

Answer 2

This is an example of the checks and balances system. If the President was allowed to appoint justices without any oversight, it would essentially grant the Executive branch power over the Judicial branch, which would then invalidate the Legislative branch.

Answer 3

The Supreme Court hears very important cases that result in a interpretation of our Constitution and depending how a justice views the constitution the laws he/she makes decisions about can change the law in the United States. The Supreme Court hears cases that affect all of us in many ways, so the appointment is very important on how the court will react to future cases it hears. Since a justice sits for life they can be on the bench for 20 to 30 years.

Answer 4

The 3 parts of the Federal government balance each other so that no one part can take over all the power.

The Supreme Court places controls on Congress to keep them in balance, and the President can nominate a person with his same ideas to replace a Justice who has retired or died. But to balance the President, his nomination must be approved by Congress.

Answer 5

The appointment of Supreme Court Justices is important to anyone with sharply defined opinions about Constitutional law issues. Supreme Courts justices are appointed for life and likely to stay in office for many years and have a profound influence on the direction of the country long after the president has left office and maybe even long after his party has lost power. The Supreme Court is tremendously powerful because there is no way to reverse its decisions except by changing the Constitution and that is a slow arduous process.

Answer 6

because justices serve a life term. the president wants to choose someone who can run the judicial branch well, and fair.

Answer 7

balance of power

Answer 8

because