Question

The west wing video questions

Questions:
What is Toby Ziegler’s concern about Chief Justice Ashland?
Why does Chief Justice Ashland feel he has to stay on the Supreme Court as long as possible?
What is one reason that might make it difficult for the President to nominate an activist judge to the Supreme Court?
What THREE Litmus Test Questions might be asked of potential Justices during their interviews?
Based on the descriptions and arguments of Judge Baker-Lang , is she an ‘activist’ or ‘strict constructionist’?
How does Judge Shelton describe a ‘moderate’?
What are Josh Lyman’s arguments against nominating a ‘moderate’?
What does Lyman mean when he advocates a ‘balanced court’?
Based on the descriptions and arguments of Judge Mulready, is he an ‘activist’ or ‘strict constructionist’
What is D.O.M.A.? Why does Judge Mulready believe D.O.M.A. is unconstitutional?

Answer 1

The Administration is dropping everything to find a replacement for an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court who just died. Just to mollify the liberals and frighten the conservatives, Toby and Josh interview a Judge Lang who is too liberal. They play it straight, but she knows what's going on:

"A conservative anchor of the Court has just died: a young, brilliant thinker who brought the right out of the closet and championed a whole conservative revival. You cannot replace Owen Brady with a woman who overturned a parental consent law. You'd be shish-kabobed and set aflame on the South Lawn.. I'm window dressing. That's fine. I'm happy to help. But let's just chat about the weather.

Franklin,Benjamin,Thomas

Roy Ashland is an American jurist who serves for like about 32 years on the Supreme Court of the United States, twelve of them, from 1992 to 2004, as Chief Justice.

(i learned about this last friday)