<span>Interest groups often participate in supreme court cases through the use of amicus curae briefs.
This is a Latin expression which means 'friend of the court.' It refers to people who are not really party to a case, but whose opinion or legal expertise has been asked nevertheless in case something is overlooked.
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Sons of liberty- a group started by paul revere to get back at england
Repeal- to cancel
Smggler- a person who brings things into the country illegally
There are two reasons for this.
1. To discourage the sales of certain products
For example, the government impose a really high tax for cigarettes and gasoline. Both of these products tend to create damages to the environment and the health of the people who use them. Because of this, the government impose a high taxes in order to make the price become more expensive
2, To increase government budget.
The taxes that citizens pay to the government would be allocated to the budget that the government can use to fund their programs (such as infrastructure building, grants, health benefits, military , etc).
