How can the courts influence the meaning of the constitution?

a) usually nope, legislatures are highly prone to mistakes when drafting laws and it is very common for laws to be extremely unclear.

b) more importantly, courts, and the Supreme Court in particular, because of its interpretive skill and power can limit or expand laws.

the recent bombing of the uss cole is one of many incidents of terrorism directed against the united states. more than 40 percent of the world’s terrorism is directed against u.s. targets.   pursue the alleged perpetrators through the criminal justice system, and still others would beef up intelligence capabilities. to deal with potential attacks involving weapons of mass destruction, some analysts advocate extending the reach of law enforcement agencies or spending more on domestic preparedness programs; others would encourage a policy of u.s. military restraint overseas to attempt to reduce the motivation for terrorist attacks on u.s. targets.

the answer is c.richard m. nixon