AP GoPo Unit 2 Pt 3: Interactions Among Branches - Judicial

An approach to constitutional interpretation that emphasizes the Framers' original intentions, interprets the Constitution in a way that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution specifically says it can take, limits the power of the Federal Government

• Loose Constructionist

• Strict Constructionist

• Litmus Test

• Political Question Doctrine

Practice of the Supreme Court in which it will not intervene on an issue and will allow the executive and legislative branches decide.

• Loose Constructionist

• Strict Constructionist

• Litmus Test

• Political Question Doctrine

An examination of the political ideology of a nominated judge

• Loose Constructionist

• Strict Constructionist

• Litmus Test

• Political Question Doctrine

An approach to constitutional interpretation that allows the federal government to take actions that the constitution does not specifically forbid it from taking, the belief that judges should have freedom in interpreting the Constitution, allows for broad interpretation of the Constitution

• Loose Constructionist

• Strict Constructionist

• Litmus Test

• Political Question Doctrine

The view that judges should decide cases strictly on the basis of the language of the laws and the Constitution.

• Judicial Restraint Approach

• Judicial Activist Approach

• Litmus Test

• Political Question Doctrine

The view that judges should discern the general principles underlying laws or the Constitution and apply them to modern circumstances.

• Judicial Restraint Approach

• Judicial Activist Approach

• Litmus Test

• Political Question Doctrine

A case decided by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall in 1803. The Court declared unanimously that a certain law passed by Congress should not be enforced, because the law was opposed to the Constitution. Established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Shaw v. Reno

The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

• Judicial Activism

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Review

• Stare Decisis

An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a case for review, this is how the decides which cases it wants to hear.

• Writ of Certiorari

• Amicus Curiae

• Per Curiam Opinion

• Stare Decisis

Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand", or allowing prior rulings to control the current case.

• Writ of Certiorari

• Amicus Curiae

• Per Curiam Opinion

• Stare Decisis