Roles of Interest Groups in the Selection of Supreme Court Justices

The United States of America democracy is sometimes viewed to be challenged by the Supreme Court that has the power to nullify democratic rights of the society in its decisions. In order to protect individual and social rights, interest groups have been formed to act as mode of checking on the superior power of the judicial process by thoroughly participating in the same with regard to achieve overall democracy away from ill advised notions of specific societies.

The main function of interest groups in the selection of high justices is to maintain purity of the law and ensure accountability in the part of the selected judicial members. The Supreme Court and Courts handles sensitive and controversial cases that arouse the public to debate on how the conclusion of the cases should be formed. According to Suzanne Samuels, Legal ambiguities coupled up with malleable rules and laws that can be interpreted in different ways are the source of renewed social groups interest in the judicial procedures of both selecting the judges and decision on cases. Political pressure and interference that tends to create social controversy on cases in courts can be overcome by interest groups campaign against set government decisions. Interest groups are interested in achieving their main objectives as to preserve democracy in accordance with their interpretation about the same (Samuels, 2004). Therefore interest groups care about whom serves in courts in order to check on the possible negative political and social influence on Judges that deter them arriving at rights decisions.

Interests groups are made up of different individuals holding a given view do influence the decision of Supreme Court by lobbying the general public for a given course of action. In some cases the interest group can serve the court with a sponsored litigation, amici briefs and other judicial reform options that allow the public to present other possible view points that might determine the end result of a given case. In the view of that therefore interest groups have sought for options that include having their own representatives in the Supreme Court Justices who are able to understand and work on the suggestions of such wishes of interest groups in accordance with the law and respect for rights. 

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