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| author | Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev> | 2020-10-12 18:09:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev> | 2020-10-12 18:09:28 -0400 |
| commit | 77f8b25c28d12572aab54c7554504c45d07c92fb (patch) | |
| tree | fbdde050f47f6dcb5d744d96e955f69e8a393d46 | |
| parent | de74711d129a319a8fd8b8b96866bcb2d77262ef (diff) | |
courts 10/9 lecture
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - English Quiz 9/28 - - HeLa -- "Nature about Henrietta Lacks"<https://www.nature.com/articles/ + + HeLa ++ "Nature about Henrietta Lacks"<https://www.nature.com/articles/ d41586-020-02494-z> - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO (plus reading journal?) - HeLa lecture diff --git a/rich/25_courts b/rich/25_courts new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d474467 --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/25_courts @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The Supreme Court has the highest support of the American People +- Least visible +- Assumed to be nonpolitical and objective +- But they ARE political actors + +Federalist 78 +- Hamilton: "[the court] will always be the least dangerous to the + political rights of the Constitution." + - Since they have "no influence over the sword or the purse" + - Strictly dependent + - On the executive for enforcement + - And on legis for appropriations and rules + - Means it doesn't need to be elected/representative + - Independent protectors can be nominated for life +But it might not really be as weak/unpotent as Hamilton believed. |