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Harsh Gupta
What Policy Issue Are You Most Following While In Washington?
By Harsh Gupta
Fall 2014
When it comes to the federal court system, outside observers, such as the media – and the public in general – tend to view the courts as fair, independent arbiters of justice, uninfluenced by the political partisanship that plagues Congress. Most individuals who are indifferent about the judiciary tend to assume that the courts are separate from the rest of government or that judges come to occupy their benches in a manner unadulterated by ideology. But the more I become acquainted with the judicial confirmation process, the more it seems the system of checks and balances tips away from this view.
