James Madison and Judicial Review

Comparative Reasoning and Judicial Review

Judicial Review Before Marbury

While scholars have long probed the original understanding of judicial review and the early judicial review case law, this Article presents a study of the judicial review case law in the United States before Marbury v. Madison that is dramatically more complete than prior work and that challenges previous scholarship on the original understanding of judicial review on the two most critical dime...

Judicial Review and Non - Enforcement at The

Can the President refuse to enforce a law he deems unconstitutional? Take the Affordable Care Act. The Supreme Court upheld the provision in the Act mandating that individuals purchase health insurance, but leading Republicans continue to press the view that the law is unconstitutional. Suppose one such Republican captures the presidency in 2016. His first act in office is to recommend legislat...

General Online Syllabi and Teaching Materials for All Areas in James Madison College

James Madison College is a residential college of public affairs and liberal education at Michigan State University, offering sophisticated multidisciplinary programs in the social sciences founded on a model of liberal education. The college prepares students for law school, graduate study, decision-making roles in public and private enterprise, and careers in government, media, politics, soci...

Resources for Teaching Social Relations and Policy in James Madison College

This Social Relations and Policy major " explores the domain of public issues that are especially affected by relations among groups. The field is explicitly historical and comparative, looking at social relations in the United States and internationally, over time. " Syllabi for courses taught by JMC faculty in all four programs at James Madison College can be found at http://jmc.msu.edu/sylla...