POL S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Commerce Clause, Eleventh Amendment To The United States Constitution, William Marbury
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Why do many consider the marbury v. madison (1803) case the most important supreme court decision ever rendered? i. ii. Hilton v. united states : the first u. s. supreme court case. First time that the court claimed that they would overthrow a part of federal law c. How did the u. s. supreme court interpret the interstate commerce. Clause to expand civil rights for african americans and the disabled? i. Commerce clause was greatly expanded in the interest of power for congress d. e. f. Judicial review: judiciary reviews a law, policy statements, executive orders, and decides whether it is constitutional. Usually when some right or some sort of discriminatory activity is being abused. Judicial restraint: the court should defer to the people who are elected to office and not overturn their actions too easily. Defer to the legislature in policymaking and adopt a strict constructionist view of the constitution.
