More leftists norm scholars, however, believe that an activist government can transform social norms on a national scale.
The possibility that she will be nominated has ignited a debate over what scholars call "the norm of prior judicial experience".
For instance, many scholars use male norms to judge women's activities merely comparing men and women, with little or no attention paid to constructions of gender (Ahl, 2006; Lewis, 2006).
Norm Ornstein, Resident Scholar at American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C., summed it up best when he said about Justice Kennedy's statement that there could be no corruption in independent spending, "What planet does he live on?" I'm afraid we will have to live through this election year with super PACs as they now exist.
For some perspective on how we got to this horrible place, I called up Norm Ornstein, a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a longtime observer of Congress.
Congressional expert Norm Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, said that while the new Senate leadership might be allowing more amendments early on, he's skeptical the change will last beyond the "honeymoon period".
This scholar strongly defended the widening gap between military norms and those norms of tolerance and inclusion that were spreading in American society.
For many Promise scholars, graduating on time has become the norm.
Other elements, like nine innings in a game and nine players to a team, did not become the norm until the following decade, scholars say.
Norm Ornstein, political scientist and resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute, says, "Here you have a person who is, by every standard, extraordinarily qualified and talented, a terrific representative for the United States.
Particularly, many scholars have learned the norms of those matrices based on the special properties.
