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Legislatures can exert indirect control over the courts through confirmations and budgeting. The recent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court by the Senate's 50-to-48 vote has sparked a line of debate as whether the Senate is a true representation of what the majority of the voters want in the country. With the appointment process being so political, and the judiciary being dependent on the legislature for budgetary issues, can the American people expect the Court to make decisions independent of political affiliations? Please give a detailed discussion of the indirect forms of control that the legislature exerts on the judiciary and how you think these controls are either necessary or detrimental to an independent judiciary. Assess the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in today's society and the political pressures it faces. Next, please point to one aspect of the assigned readings that you found to be of particular interest. Be sure to explain why you found the point to be salient to the topic at hand.