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1.  Please select the factors that you believe should directly influence members of the US Congress to accept or reject a president's nominee for the US Supreme Court. Potential factors include a nominee's: Lifetime judicial decisions
Political affiliations
Educational background
Opinions on cultural matters
Testimony before congress
Race, gender, & ethnicity
Academic achievements
Speeches on various subjects
2.  Generally, from which perspective do you believe the US Constitution should be interpreted? Strict constructionist
Loose constructionist
I do not have an opinion
3.  Please select the factors that you believe should directly impact US Supreme Court justices' decision making processes when they consider cases. Social & cultural values of the day
Precedents
Opinion polls of the day
Personal preferences
Based on legal reasoning
Discussions with other justices
4.  In the next months the president will nominate one or more people to serve on the US Supreme Court.   How interested in the nomination process are you? I will watch as much as I can on C-SPAN TV.
I will follow the news closely on the Internet.
I will follow the news closely in newspapers.
I will check out some headlines, but not read much detail.
I do not have any interest.
5.  The US Supreme Court recently announced some important decisions.  These include decisions regarding eminent domain and placement of The Ten Commandments on public property. Generally, how did you feel when you heard about these decisions? I had not heard about these decisions.
The decisons were weak & vague.
I agreed with both.
One was good & one was not good
I disagreed with both.
I did not care enough to read much about them.
6.  I am: Female
Male
7.  My age group is: Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older

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