Current Event
Objective:
decisions, as well as explore and apply the concepts of judicial activism and judicial
restraint (or strict constructionism).
Warm-up:
Read the article provided, complete Part 1 of the Jigsaw Activity, and evaluate whether the Supreme Court Nomination Process is simply Partisan Obstructionism or Constitutional Checks and Balances?
Homework:
Answer Questions 5-7
Vocabulary: definition and relationship/effect of constitutional court, district courts, courts of appeals, legislative court, litmus test, federal-question cases, diversity cases, civil law, criminal law, writ of certiorari