<p> AP government Lesson Plan</p><p>Name of Unit: Institutions – Judiciary Name of Unit: Institutions – Judiciary: Judicial Review</p><p>Names: Cynthia MacDonald, Laura Black, Ruth Evans, Carrie Butts, Gretchen Boettcher</p><p>Textbook: Government in America pp 492-496</p><p>Resources/Readings: </p><p>Reading: Federalist Paper #78, American Government: Reading and Cases by Peter Woll, 19th edition, pages 358-362. </p><p>Online Resources: www.hippocampus.org, www.cagle.com, www.newyorker.com, www.nytimes.com , www.supremecourt.gov </p><p>Guiding Question: What is the role of Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint under the umbrella of Judicial Review?</p><p>Discussion Questions:</p><p>1. How can Judicial Activism be seen in the latest released court decisions on the Arizona?</p><p>2. How is the Obama Care case a good case to address the ongoing need for judicial restraint?</p><p>3. Is activism creating a more powerful position for the one branch of government that is not elected?</p><p>Assessment Unit: Institutions</p><p>Possible Multiple Choice Questions:</p><p>Multiple Choice Questions</p><p>1. Judicial restraint is the doctrine that the Court</p><p> a. should use its power to change any law that is not fair to all of the people.</p><p> b. should defer to the elected branches of government.</p><p> c. should use its power to decrease the power of state government.</p><p> d. should use its power to restrain the powers of the president and Congress.</p><p>2. Judicial activism is the doctrine that the Court should use its power a. only when there is a dispute between the legislative branch and the executive branch.</p><p> b. to support the actions of Congress.</p><p> c. to establish a new legal system.</p><p> d. to check other bodies of government when they exceed their authority.</p><p>3. In Arizona et.al vs. the United States, the Supreme Court voided several sections of the law saying it</p><p> a. violated the motorists 1st amendment rights.</p><p> b. prosecuting illegal immigrants is a power reserved for the Federal Government.</p><p> c. violated the search and seizure clause of the 4th amendment.</p><p> d. Was not worded well and needed to be proofread.</p><p>Possible Essay:</p><p>The United States Supreme Court receives many appeals, but it hears and rules on a small percentage of cases each year. Numerous factors influence the actions of the Court, both in deciding to hear a case in the decisions it hands. </p><p> a. Define judicial review</p><p> b. Explain how judicial review empowers he Supreme Court within the system of checks and balances</p><p> c. Explain how judicial activism influences decisions made by individual justices when deciding cases heard by the Court. </p><p>Lesson Plan</p><p>Background: Government in America pp 492-496</p><p>Intro: look at political cartoon from http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/4aa3c64f-35db-4c0c- 9111-ee99827d3361.html</p><p>Watch video at http://www.hippocampus.org/History %20%26%20Government;jsessionid=EC1C4E724F16D05173A8884ACED61189</p><p>Debrief the terms Chart the text with New Yorker Article: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/05/24/100524taco_talk_toobin</p><p>Jigsaw the following (maybe for homework): </p><p>1. Federalist #78 (Hamilton’s opinion on judicial review) http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa78.htm</p><p>2. Blocking Parts of Arizona Law, Justices Allow its centerpiece: New York Times Article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/us/supreme-court-rejects-part-of-arizona-immigration- law.html?pagewanted=all</p><p>3. Obama Care Decision (link pending) http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinions.aspx</p><p>4. Arizona v. United States Decision http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinions.aspx</p><p>Discussion Question: Are these examples of judicial activism or restraint…why?</p>