Describes the judicial powers of the Supreme Court; discusses its interaction with the president, Congress, and the states; examines pressures on the Court, including the history of controversial confirmations and congressional confrontations; and reviews key rulings of the Court in cases ranging from 1790 through 1996.
Illustrates the complex workings of the system of checks and balances by examining the building of the Alaska pipeline which involved the federal government, a state government, and the actions of private citizens.
Introduces children to the government, describing the three branches of the government and how they work together, the role citizens play in the government, how a law is made, and other related topics.
Chronicles the history of the U.S. government, identifying the ideas and concepts upon which it is based, and discusses the role of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution in the development of the nation.
An account of the historical U.S. Supreme Court decision which established for the Supreme Court the power of judicial review over the U.S. Constitution.
John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the myth of judicial review
Goldstone, Lawrence
2008
Examines the debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which led to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 1803 in "Marbury v. Madison", which gave the Court the power to determine what the Constitution and the laws under it really mean.
