Social Sciences and History / Unit 7 SSH 0623 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Venue Shopping and the Court as Referee
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The idea
Interest groups, aware of the political system's many access points, engage in venue shopping: they select the level and branch of government they calculate will be most receptive to their goals. The Supreme Court sorts the resulting disputes.
In practice
A group losing in Congress turning to a state or a court.
Where people slip
Unit 08 carries interest groups as institutions.
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