Question no. 1 After the 2000 presidential election there was a great uproar around the Supreme Court hearing the Bush v. Gore case. Many Americans have questioned whether the Supreme Court should have any input in determining the election. Supreme Court justices have more thoughtful opinions on controversial issues than the American public. Justices are appointed by presidents and are appointed with the goal of advancing the presidential agenda beyond the one- to two-term presidency. This allows presidents to give the court a partisan tilt, depending on the justice appointed. Years after the landmark decision, the justices admit it was a total mistake to hear the case in the first place. Author Ernest Dumas explains Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's thoughts on the case: “The court, she said, probably should have refused to take the appeal: 'We won't take it. Goodbye.'" With the evidence of the outcome of the 2000 election, this was a truly fundamental mistake in American history. Which caused America to suffer the repercussions for years to come. When the justices of the Court Supreme Court admits a mistake, it is clearly a mistake that most Americans can understand. This decision represents the growth of the Supreme Court's influence in recent years. Dumas reports that the decision to elect Bush president was "wide-ranging." In this way the Supreme exceeded his purpose of judicial review and made decisions based on his own partisan opinions rather than for the greater good Question #3 George W. Bush had a position against marriage between persons of the same sex. This reflected public opinion in the early 2000s. America was not ready for any reforms related to same-sex marriage during this era. It wasn't until the recent... half of the document... 957, 1964 and 1968, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965." The NAACP has been so powerful in changing our social mindset about racism that it has been instrumental in making sure that minorities get equality in every shape and form. The NAACP is a model for how much success interest groups can have. Interest groups will continue to be relevant as groups of Americans are discriminated against. Interest Groups Help Unfortunate Americans and Compensation They Deserve. Works Cited Dumas, Ernest. “Judges Admit Wrong.” Np, Nov. 7, 2013. Web. Nov. 16, 2013. Irizarry, Lisa. "NAACP Chief: Why the Group Remains Relevant." Burlington County Times, nd Web. November 18, 2013. "Between the Lines of Proposition 8 Opinion." Times Company, June 26, 2013. Web. November 18. 2013.