01:790:106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Missouri Compromise, Judicial Restraint, Enumerated Powers
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Civil war - new deal (economic regulation) Many supreme court decisions consider the court as a party. Deference, or judicial restraint: courts uphold the actions of democratically elected officials. Judicial activism: court overturns actions of democratically elected officials. Congress has express, or enumerated powers to: Article 1, section 8: necessary and proper clause. Court rules that congress can do what is convenient, useful . Court also rules that the state my not tax the bank. A deferential opinion. tax is the power to destroy. Scott"s owner took him to free state of illinois and free territory of. Supreme court rules that scott is no free, and can not even sue in federal court. Of african americans: we think they are not, and that they were not. Overturns the missouri compromise, making this an activist decision. All persons born or naturalized in the united states are citizens of the.