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American Government
 
American Government
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<br>Fifth Lecture – Judiciary
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<br>Fifth Lecture – Bill of Rights and Review of the Judiciary
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In this class we return to the judiciary, with a special focus on the Bill of Rights.  When the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, there was concern by many Americans that the document did not have enough protections against ever-growing government power.  These concerns were well-placed, and many today on both sides of the political spectrum complain about how powerful and overbearing government has become.
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The original Constitution established the basic structure of the federal government, but included very few protections for individual rights.  Advocates of the Constitution, including Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, insisted that special safeguards for individuals against government power was unnecessary, because the Constitution granted only limited powers to the new federal (national) government.  This new "United States" government could not infringe on individual rights because the Constitution did not give it the power to so infringe.  But as the ratification debate ensued in various states, particularly the then=large states of Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts, supporters of the Constitution had to promise they would quickly amend the Constitution with a "Bill of Rights" to prevent the new United States government from growing too powerful.
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<br>VII. Stare Decisis
 
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<br>VIII. Issues
 
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'''I. Introduction'''
 
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So what’s all the current fuss over the federal judiciary about?  In the past forty years, the federal courts have asserted control over many moral issues: prayer, Ten Commandments, schools, abortion, pornography, the death penalty, and so on.  Many now feel that the federal judiciary has become the most dangerous branch, and so far Congress has done nothing to check its power.
 
So what’s all the current fuss over the federal judiciary about?  In the past forty years, the federal courts have asserted control over many moral issues: prayer, Ten Commandments, schools, abortion, pornography, the death penalty, and so on.  Many now feel that the federal judiciary has become the most dangerous branch, and so far Congress has done nothing to check its power.
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'''II. The Judiciary'''
 
'''II. The Judiciary'''
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