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The Judiciary
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Key Questions and Objectives of
Judiciary Chapter
1. Explain what judicial review is and trace its origins.
2. List and comment on the three eras of varying Supreme Court
influences on national policy.
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effects on how cases are processed, decided, and appealed.
4. List the various steps that cases go through to reach the Supreme
Court and explain the considerations involved at each step.
5. Discuss the dimensions of power exercised today by the Supreme
Court and the opposing viewpoints on an activist Supreme Court.
Judicial Review
• Judicial review: the right of the federal
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and executive actions
• It is the chief judicial weapon in the checks
and balances system
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• Roe v. Wade 2
• Today’s Backlash: Justice Sunday
• A middle ground
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Updated from Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics,
2003-2004 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2003), table 7.5.
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Updated from Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 2003-2004
(Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2003), table 7.5.
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Updated from Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 2003-2004 (Washington,
D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2003), table 7.5.
Federal Cases
• Federal question cases:
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2. Key Ideas from Supplemental Readings
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