Politicisation of Judges in the United States of America

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Law - Philosophy, History and Sociology of Law, grade: A, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, course: State and Government, language: English, abstract: The paper discusses the problem of the politicisation of judges through the judicialisation of rights. It covers different approaches to constitutionalism and the ensuing questions arising in matters of interpretation with regard to the nature of the constitutions. Due to arising political and social changes the arising question is whether judges are indeed merely independent interpreters of the constitution and rights.