1. Question of the Day What is the purpose of Judicial Review?
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APK: Activation of Prior Knowledge Write at least 2-3 sentences describing a time when… you were affected by a decision that completely changed the way you did something important. For example, your parents decided to divorce so you had to live with one parent and did not enjoy the company of both parents like in the past.
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2. Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Why do they stand out?

3. Charting and Organizing Information
Term
Explanation
Importance? Purpose?
Landmark case
Plaintiff
Defendant
Adversarial Process
Judicial Review
A type of court case that is very important because of issues involved. Ruling has an effect on entire United States.
The Constitutional issues dealt with in this type of case change the way the Constitution is interpreted.

4. What is a landmark? A distinguishing event or object.
Something that stands out among others.
This is usually due to its importance or size.

5. Landmark Court cases
Landmark court cases “stand out” due to important issues they address.
What types of issues?
Some examples:
--A right or freedom was challenged or prohibited.
--A law was challenged
A lower court’s ruling was challenged

6. Court cases and their sides
Cases are “fights” between two sides
Plaintiff- side bringing or pressing charges or accusing. [1] The government’s District Attorney can try to find accused criminal guilty of crimes. [2] People suing can try to find people responsible for damage to property.
Defendant- side disputing or defending against charges or accusation. [1] People accused of a crime by a District Attorney can deny the charges and prove their innocence. [2] People being sued can try to disprove the accusations against them.
Often called an adversarial process because of competition between two different “sides.”
Having opposing sides can help to insure justice is served

7. Landmark case #1 [Marbury v Madison]
This was the very first landmark Supreme Court case.
Outgoing President John Adams approved several jobs to people.
Incoming President Jefferson disapproved of those people.
Jefferson ordered his assistant James Madison not to deliver on the jobs

8. Landmark case #1 [Marbury v Madison]
One person who was promised a job, William Marbury, sued Madison.
William Marbury wanted his job and sued Madison.
The Court ruled that Marbury’s rights were violated.
BUT…the Court could not grant Marbury the job because the law [Judiciary Act of 1789] giving authority to do so was unconstitutional.
The case proved that the Supreme Court had the right to say what the constitution means
What is this power called?
Judicial Review
What does this mean?
Judicial Review=The Supreme Court has the right to declare laws passed by Congress or actions of the president unconstitutional because they go against what the Constitution says.

9. Sources