GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Precedent, Straw Poll, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Government and Politics
• Course: GVPT 170
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Mixed (or hybrid) systems (ex: appointed but then retention elections) All federal judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. Senatorial courtesy norm when nominating district court judges where president asks the same party senators from the relevant state for a list of suggestions. Trend of confirmation process taking longer (even before vacancy due to scalia"s death in 2016) The key power of the us supreme court: judicial review. U. s. supreme court has the power to review acts of congress and the executive branch in light of the constitution, and to declare them invalid if they violate the constitution. 1) supreme court is the final word on the constitution. 2) supreme court has the power to declare national, state, and local laws invalid if they. Implications of marbury v. madison (1803) violate the constitution. Judicial review means that the supreme court can undo the work of representative institutions.