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The New Nation, 1783–1815
The leaders of the American Revolution made three great gambles. First, they sought independence...
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Essay
The Marshall and Taney Courts: Continuities and Changes
Though the first holders of the job thought it more a burden than a position of honor or power, the office of chief justice of the...
Teaching Resource
The Supreme Court, Title IX and Gender Equity
Background
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judicial system and has both original and appellate jurisdiction. Historically, the Supreme Court’s most influential role has been through the exercise of judicial review. The court’s power to declare acts of the legislative and executive branches unconstitutional, and therefore null and void, has enabled Supreme Court Justices to act as policy makers.
Title IX is a United States law enacted on June 23, 1972, that states: “No person in the...
Teaching Resource
The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment
Overview:
The Founding Fathers created the Supreme Court in Article III of the Constitution of the United States. The most influential role of the Court, however, was defined later through the appeal process, in cases involving the laws of state and local legislatures and Congress. Landmark cases such as Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and others, which were decided in the first decades of the nineteenth century, established the court’s power of judicial review. This gave the appointed...
