• Flying Squid
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    32 months ago

    What more than that do most people need to know about Marbury v. Madison? What is the significance or relevance to day of the debates over it and the events leading up to it? Because I don’t think that is anywhere near as important as the emphasis you place on it.

    Knowing that judicial review is a thing and that SCOTUS can do it and why they have that power should be enough for most people.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      2 months 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
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        22 months 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.

        • @AngryCommieKender
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          22 months ago

          Hang on, this was online? Not a printed book? Ok yeah, a few paragraphs and a hyperlink should cover it.

          • Flying Squid
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            22 months ago

            Yeah, textbooks are web-based for a lot of kids these days.

            • @AngryCommieKender
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              22 months ago

              Got it. I majored in ME, and CS thankfully. I realized as soon as I graduated that schools are not a safe place for male teachers.

              Just pointing out, I never said that 12 pages was appropriate, just that what you had specified was a bit too short.