Today, Craig Benzine is going to tell you about the Supreme Court’s most important case, Marbury v. Madison, and how the court granted itself the power of judicial review. Judicial review is the power to examine and invalidate actions of the legislative and executive branches. It happens at both the state and federal court levels, but today we’re going to focus primarily on the court at the top – the Supreme Court of the United States. Now it’s important to remember that the court has granted itself these powers and they aren’t found within the Constitution, but as with the executive and legislative branches, the courts rely heavily on implied powers to get stuff done.
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I’m watching this to review for my ap gov test literally 30 mins before the test
Hopefully Mr. Young never sees this but I’m not doing this work
This really helped me with the class I’m taking. Thank you
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How do I cite your video for my paper? Thanks for all the info BTW
Attorney here: What kind of weirdo likes the Youngstown opinion?? 😂😂😂
I find there's a lot of mistakes on the nuances of these topics
Good luck, everyone!!!
What did Marshal do it for? I don't understand.
Who’s watching this for the online AP test?
what influenced the Supreme Court to deal with this case ?
Who's watching this for online school? I would like online school if we didn't have more work than any other school.
i was scrolling thorough hoping someone made a transcript
too fast!
Anyone have the answers to every worksheet that corresponds with this video?
Judicial Review did not exist prior to Marbury v Madison in 1803. The founding fathers were well aware of the concept of judicial review and did NOT include it in the constitution. The supreme court bided its time and made a political decision to establish judicial review when they thought they could get away with it. Jefferson and others saw though judicial review. They believed it placed too much power in the judiciary and threw checks and balances out of whack. They rightfully criticized it but the decision held. The court initially treated the power of judicial review as a nuclear option and never again used it to invalidate a law passed by congress until Dred Scott in 1857. That’s right. You know how the modern court strikes down laws all time time? Back in the early 1800’s the first and second cases were separated by 54 YEARS!!! The reason is because the early court knew the concept of judicial review was problematic and therefore tenuous. They rightfully feared the other two branches reasserting their power and overturning judicial review. Perhaps with something equally absurd, like legislative review or executive review. Could that still happen? Maybe. Or perhaps the other two branches will just stack the court with fifteen justices, as was proposed by several presidential candidates earlier this year.
Who’s watching this for online classes for covid-19 or corona virus …. I officially like school and hate online school
This is so obnoxiously distracting that it is impossible to absorb the fundamental historical truth of what it is designed to educate us about. I've learned nothing
too complicated.
Yes they have changed over time, mostly to slowly erode the rights of the people, especially in the 20th and 21st century.
Crash course oh that’s easy all of them are crooked and the biggest reason why our great country is in the bad shape it is in right now by us the people relying on any of them
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