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Judicial Branch DBQ
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• Author: US Supreme Court (Marshall)• Place and Time: US, 1803• Prior Knowledge: John Adams gave jobs to his
friends a few days before leaving office, Jefferson was getting ready to take office and didn’t like the appointments, political parties begin playing a role,
Doc A
• Reason: Make Jefferson mad, party politics, government becomes inefficient (divided), limits Jefferson power as President
• Main Idea: Jefferson refused to commission a justice of the peace
• Significance: Established JUDICIAL REVIEW, made the judicial branch STRONG, they now could rule laws unconstitutional
Doc B
• Author: Unknown• Place and Time: Unknown• Prior Knowledge: Identify the branches and
know their roles, the Constitution is the rule book for our government, all branches are equal in power, checks and balances, separation of powers
Doc B
• Reason: advantage to the legislative branch, executive branch feels overmatched, equal checks and balances???
• Main Idea: Checks and balances not occurring, one branch too powerful, US Constitution should decide
• Significance: Not an example of separation of powers, US Constitution the “supreme law of the land”, judicial branch has final say
Doc C
• Author: US Supreme Court (Marshall)• Place and Time: US, 1819• Prior Knowledge: national government can’t
be taxed by the states, national bank is constitutional, expands the power of the federal government at the expense of the states
Doc C
• Reason: shows the power of the national government, another example of judicial review
• Main Idea: expanded the power of the national government, states losing power, Congress has implied powers (elastic clause)
• Significance: Congress can pass laws and do things that are not necessarily in the Constitution, reading between the lines
Doc D
• Author: US Supreme Court (Warren)• Place and Time: US, 1954
• Prior Knowledge: Separate-but-equal was ruled constitutional (Plessy v Ferguson, 1896), this decision led to the civil rights movement, some states refused to follow this ruling
Doc D
• Reason: Declares segregation unconstitutional, power of the Supreme Court
• Main Idea: Society was changing, people were realizing that the old ways were holding back the country as a whole
• Significance: Led to civil rights movement, increased freedoms for many Americans, Supreme Court reflecting what society was demanding
Doc E
• Author: US Supreme Court (Blackmun)• Place and Time: US, 1973• Prior Knowledge: Deals with abortion, state of
Texas said you could not choose to have one, Bill of Rights protects many individual freedoms
Doc E
• Reason: US Supreme Court involved in an issue of growing debate, (pro-choice vs pro-life), Court has the final say
• Main Idea: ruled that no state could deny women the right to choose to have an abortion
• Significance: Protection of Constitutional freedoms and liberties
Doc F
• Author: US Supreme Court (Burger)• Place and Time: US, 1974• Prior Knowledge: Watergate scandal, Nixon
resigns from office due to taping his conversations and refusing to turn over tapes, people began to fear the government (Vietnam, Pentagon Papers)
Doc F
• Reason: Executive privilege is not above the Constitution, Judicial Branch has power over the President
• Main Idea: Checks and balances, no one is above the law
• Significance: Shows that the power of the President is limited by the Supreme Court, limits the power of the President