I'm hoping to hit the following topics - if not today by Thursday
The Evolution of Judicial Review
- Test cases
- Hamilton's argument for judicial review
- The primacy of constitutional over statutory law
- Marbury v Madison
- Conflicts over interpreting the constitution
- Conflicts over the role of the courts
Civil Rights and the Equal Protection Clause
- The impact of the 14th Amendment - along with the 13th and 15th
- The gradual impact of equal protection
- The content of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Conflicts over enforcement
- Brown v Board of Education
- Strict Scrutiny / Intermediate Scrutiny / Rational Basis review
Elections
- The design of elections in the constitutional system
- Elections laws is a state matter
- Free, fair. open, frequent elections
- The impact of the winner take all system
- Direct vs indirect elections
- Drawing House district
- Gerrymandering - types and consequences
- The Electoral College
