Lesson 2.8: The Judicial Branch
Enduring Understanding:
The design of the judicial branch protects the Supreme Court’s independence as a branch of government, and the emergence and use of judicial review remains a powerful judicial practice.Learning Objectives:
Explain the principle of judicial review and how it checks the power of other institutions and state governments.Essential Knowledge:
The foundation for powers of the judicial branch and how its independence checks the power of other institutions and state governments are set forth in:- Article III of the Constitution
- Federalist No. 78
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Debrief 2.12:
How many of the justices in the picture below can you name?
How many were you able to name? 1 maybe? How do you think the founding fathers would have felt about our performance? Would they be happy, or upset?
Activity #1 Judicial Branch One Pager
In order to create a divider in your notebooks between the Executive Branch (The President) and the Judicial Branch (The Courts) we are going to create a one pager. The one pager should include the following...
- A title and subtitle across the middle
- A border that includes the powers of the Judicial Branch
- A picture in one quadrant
- Judicial checks on the other branches in the next quadrant
- A Diagram of the Structure of the Federal Courts
- 3 questions about the Supreme Court in the last quadrant
Activity #2: EdPuzzle
