L'évolution de la Cour Suprême américaine

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Early days of the Supreme Court as the 3rd branch
2. Establishment of the Supreme Court in 1935
3. Presidential nomination of Justices and paradoxical status
4. Unclear role of the Supreme Court under Article III, Section
5. Increasingly coveted seats and recent nomination battles
6. Free speech as the first culture war
7. Challenges to the scope of the 14th Amendment
8. Use of the “compelling interest” standard based on stereotypes
9. Power and legitimacy of the Supreme Court
10. Criteria for Supreme Court case selection: national importance
11. Criteria for case selection: federal vs state law conflicts
12. Criteria for case selection: divergences among lower courts

📖 1. Early days of the Supreme Court as the 3rd branch

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Judicial review : Pouvoir du pouvoir judiciaire d'examiner la constitutionnalité des lois et des actes gouvernementaux, et d'annuler ceux qui sont contraires à la Constitution, établi par la Cour Suprême elle-même.
• Supreme Court : The power to force the Page 11 sur 45 This leads to a further and much more serious issue.

📝 Points essentiels