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Foundations of Constitutional Law

Foundations of Constitutional Law. Essential Questions: What is constitutional law? How did the Marbury ruling enhance the role and power of the judicial branch of government?. What is constitutional law?.

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Foundations of Constitutional Law

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  1. Foundations of Constitutional Law Essential Questions: What is constitutional law? How did the Marbury ruling enhance the role and power of the judicial branch of government?

  2. What is constitutional law?

  3. What is constitutional law?Constitutional Law – Law that consists of court decisions that interpret and expand the meaning of a written constitution.

  4. What is constitutional law?Constitutional Law – Law that consists of court decisions that interpret and expand the meaning of a written constitution. Brainstorm a list of cases that apply to this definition. They should be ones that you have already learned about (in this class as well as 11th grade American Government) • What part of the Constitution was being interpreted? • What did the Supreme Court decide that those words of the Constitution meant?

  5. Marbury v. Madison (1803) William Marbury James Madison

  6. Marbury v. Madison (1803)

  7. Marbury v. Madison (1803) William Marbury James Madison Foundations of Constitutional Law Summarizer: Explain how the precedent established by Marbury v. Madison (1803) enhanced the Supreme Court’s authority in our constitutional democracy.

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