Name the ways that the U.S. judiciary is restricted in deciding cases. How do these restrictions affect the legal environment?

Describe the ways that the American judiciary is not a majoritarian institution, including roadblocks the public has to overcome to have a major influence on a pressing judicial issue. Are you comfortable with the judiciary's elitist position in America's political system?

The way the U.S. Supreme Court uses judicial review varies between judicial restraint and judicial activism. Discuss what both of these approaches seek to achieve in deciding legal issues.

Discuss the major differences between the judicial system of the United States and those of other democracies. Are there any aspects of the operations of the judicial power of the other democracies that you think would be beneficial for the U.S. to adopt?