Evaluate the extent to which interest groups have significant influence in the US executive, legislature and judiciary
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- Evaluate the extent to which interest groups have significant influence in the US executive, legislature and judiciary
- Single issue groups
- E.G., Susan B Anthony List influences legislature
- group of over 1 million people supporting pro-life
- 16 Republican candidates elected to Congress in 2020
- Lobbied on several issues in 2020
- passed bills such Heartbeat Protection Act
- lobbied for Barrett's nomination to supreme court
- cut federal government funding to planned parenthood.
- LIMITATION
- Abortion bills have only passed in conservative states
- played significant role in shift of the drift to more socially conservative right by republican party
- Policy groups
- E.G., The Sierra Club has influenced the executive
- The Sierra Club campaigns on
- securing preservations of national parks
- promote greener alternatives
- opposes fracking
- Involved in elections
- endorse presidential candidates such as clinton in 2016 and biden in 2020
- volunteers contacted million of voters in battleground presidential states to encourages voters to vote democrat
- LIMITATION
- their influence in the 2020 election is unclear due to the importance of other factors e.g., race and Covid-19
- professional groups
- E.G. National Association of Realtors
- fights to protect interests of both members and us homebuyers
- secure 7 year reauthorisation of terrorism risk insurance program.
- harder to influence the judiciary as they are bound by the Constitution
- e.g., Rumsfeld v forum for american and institutional rights
- decides on the side of interest groups where relevant
- e.g., Brown v Board
- E.G. National Association of Realtors
- Single issue groups
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