Assignment
Watch the abcnews video "9/12/05: John Roberts' Baseball Analogy" of Chief Justice John Roberts' baseball analogy, and review your text to answer the questions below.
1. What type of constraint on decision-making does Chief Justice Roberts discuss in the video?
a) partisanship
b) institutional capacity
c) precedent
d) institutional independence
2. In what ways is the judiciary independent?
3. What does it mean to say that we have a government of laws, not of men?
4. Do you agree with Justice Roberts' description of the Court as a body which applies the laws rather than makes them? Why or why not?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.