Blog Post #2 ~ Supreme Court Reflection

Supreme Court Reflection 

    What did you learn about the Supreme Court that you didn't already know?

    I know what Judicial Review can strike down laws or executive actions that they view as unconstitutional. One thing that I did not know about Judicial review that I learned in one of the videos is that Judicial review was established in the case of Marbury v. Madison. One other small thing that I did not know was that the Republican Party was in direct line with wanting the states and individual to have more power than the federal government. I originally thought that both parties would want this.

    What is the most important take-away about the Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court has an immense amount of power in their hands. They have the power to interpret the constitution how they see fit. This would shape the undemanding of fundamental laws and the structure of government. This is scary for the fact that they so much power and can basically do what they want with it. I know there is ways to check and balance the power they have but it is scary how much power they have in there hands. This is also what is most interesting and surprising to me the most out of everything. These justices of the court receive over 2000 cases and take only 100s. Then choose which cases to take and that power is just so mind blowing.

How did the video change the way you thought of the supreme court?

The Videos gave me the idea that the Supreme Court has a lot of power and I understand why the states want to hold more power. If I was an individual in a state and didn't agree with a Supreme Court decision I would be very angry. Going through the videos I learned the idea of nullification and now know that the Supreme Court can indeed not push there ideas onto states without a fight if needed.