He rightly notes the the impact of the media, especially television, in
shaping opinion on the issue of sexual ethics, and yet he reveals more than he realizes when he declares:
In addition, Ackerman and Fishkin have already shown that this deliberative process helps to inform voters and, in turn,
shape opinions on issues.
Not exact matches
Part of our awareness as global citizens is knowing how different media
shape our
opinions and outlooks
on the
issues that affect us all.
ACS works for positive change by
shaping debate
on vitally important legal and constitutional
issues through development and promotion of high - impact ideas to
opinion leaders and the media; by building networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers dedicated to those ideas; and by countering the activist conservative legal movement that has sought to erode our enduring constitutional values.
So what do Sotomayor's appellate
opinions on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tell us about how her trial court experience
shaped her rulings
on expert witness
issues?
Scott Greenfield and I went back and forth
on this
issue over the past month, and even though Abovethelaw and the Wall Street Journal sites both followed the discussion, we never really settled the
issue. The ABA thought otherwise, so while nobody was paying attention they signaled victory for Scott and the baby boomers. The reasoning? The economy is in such rough
shape, no young attorney could possibly hope for law firms to provide balance. This was faulty logic in my
opinion, they seemed to have missed the point, many members of Generation Y would rather go off
on their own then play the biglaw game. But hey, the boomers are still the ones in charge of the news outlets, so I guess that's the final word.
For the next 25 years her
opinions would
shape public policy
on issues such as the federal power to regulate the economy, labor rights, patent, copyright and trademark law, immigration, trusts and monopolies, bankruptcy, postal laws, and internal revenue.