• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    7 hours ago

    Marbury v. Madison established judicial review, which allows the SC to strike down laws as unconstitutional.

    That only gives the what and how of the situation, not the why. Some explanation of why they were given that power is useful for the average citizen

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      7 hours ago

      Some explanation is not a dozen long online textbook pages. Especially when women as a whole in the 19th century rated four short pages.