First off, go read the transcript from yesterday’s questioning of Judge Alito by the Senate Judiciary Committee - read all of it. It’s really very interesting. My first thought is how little the person being questioned speaks versus the people trying to find the information.
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Last week I picked up a copy of the late William Rehnquistââ¬â¢s book ââ¬ÅThe Supreme Courtââ¬Â (0-375-70861-8). I havenââ¬â¢t made it too far into the book yet, but so far it has been quite enjoyable. It has been written for the ââ¬Åinformed laypersonââ¬Â and the lawyer alike, so most of the legalese has been removed. Anyway, since I purchased the book to get a better idea of what the Supreme Court does, I thought Iââ¬â¢d use my newly created blog as a place to recap some of the parts that I found quite interesting.
The first case the book focuses on is that of Marbury vs. Madison. The wikisource entry is quite extensive, and gives the full text of the opinion as written by Chief Justice Marshall. I donââ¬â¢t know about you, but I remembered hearing about this case in junior high, and again in high school, however I couldnââ¬â¢t have told you who Marbury and Madison were, let alone what the significance of the case was!