Read the article The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice and Empirical Assessment in which the authors examine the role of the Court on criminal justice issues through an examination of courts decisions and voting patterns of justices. Discuss any insights you have gained regarding judicial policy making from this article.
On pages 429 433 of The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice and Empirical Assessment, the authors discuss the concept of judicial activism as it relates to the Roberts court. What insight did you gain? Did any portion of this discussion surprise you? If so, in what way? Discuss the concept of judicial invalidation of legislation as it relates to the Courts role of judicial review of legislation.
