In selecting a Supreme Court justice, what criteria matter to presidents?

What will be an ideal response?

An ideal response will:
1, Discuss the important criteria, such as experience, ideology or policy preferences, rewards, pursuit of political support, religion, race, and gender.
2, Explain the importance of prior judicial experience.
3, Discuss the increased focus on ideology since 1980.

Political Science

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If a researcher assigns participants to groups based on, for example, their identified political affiliation, the researcher would be employing

A) a nonmanipulated independent variable. B) a manipulated independent variable. C) a nonmanipulated dependent variable. D) a manipulated dependent variable.

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Political parties should translate societal demands into public policy by

A) satisfying all political interests. B) aggregating and adding up those demands. C) synthesizing and harmonizing those demands. D) holding out in favor of their own platforms. E) working to create mandates from voters.

Political Science