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1.
a) Three characteristics of Supreme Court nominees are ethical behavior, competence, and partisanship.
b) All three characteristics listed above are politically relevant because Supreme Court Justices serve for life and everything they do reflects somewhat on the president who nominated them. Presidents have to be very careful in their nominations because it lasts a lifetime.
c) Elena Kagan proved to Obama that she had ethical behavior because of her former job as Dean of Harvard Law school, he also knew she was competent because of her work as Solicitor General and she was a left-leaning lawyer.
2.
a) Interest groups with ideologies different from Kagan's voiced them to the public and raised money by doing so. Interest groups in favor of Kagan's confirmation made ads that supported her while bringing to light  their agenda.
b) The website of NARAL Pro-choice America told it's followers to urge senators to look into Kagan's stance on Roe v. Wade which influence liberal senators to vote for her confirmation. The Judicial Crisis Network used social networks, which senators have access to, to get the word out about Kagan's extreme left-wing views.
c) Elena Kagan would be one of three women Justices on the Supreme Court which liberal interest groups who specifically work for women's rights would bring to light and help push for her confirmation.