H4

1.
a. Supreme court nominees have a specific ideology. They are either liberal or conservative. Nominees are usually older. Nominees have experience with law and the courts.
b. For ideology, appointments are made so that a wide variety of beliefs are represented in the court, so to have fair decisions. Nominees are usually older because they have more experience than younger candidates. Nominees have experience with law, such as previously being lawyers or prosecutors, which helps make fair decisions in the court.
c. Kagan was a law dean and a Solicitor General before she was nominated for supreme court justice. Therefore, she had a wide variety of experience that would make here an adequate supreme court justice.

2.
a. Interest groups have influenced the appointment process through the media and protests.
b. the media has advertisements that could help a nominee be supported by the general public. Protests can be held that make the public aware of the drawbacks of a certain supreme justice nominee.
c. Advertisements of Kagan were created, which might have reassured Obama of appointing her.

H1

- John Roberts was appointed as a justice in 2005
- He is considered a conservative
-He recently upheld the Affordable Care act

G15

a. Balanced budget: a budget where revenue is equal to spending; there is no deficit.
b. Federal entitlements: guaranteed benefits based on established rights.
c. An entitlement is Social Security. Since money is given to those in old-age and the amount of people in need has increased, more money is needed for the program
d. Large budget deficits result in the U.S. becoming more indebted to other countries.
e. The projected revenue for 2012 was 2.627 trillion and the projected expenditure for 2012 was 3.729 trillion. the deficit was 1.327 trillion. Source: http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/fed_revenue_2012US
f. National debt: 17 trillion. Source: http://www.concordcoalition.org/issues/indicators/us-total-national-debt