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Question

Identify factors that affect how the Supreme Court shapes public policy, and name major cases that illustrate each factor.

Answer 1

Current public opinion plus the constraints of the Constitution affect how the Court shapes public policy.

Check these sites for some of the landmark Supreme Court decisions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

http://www.landmarkcases.org/