The Constitution and the Court

Thomas Jefferson

In Week 2, we will have mini-lecture lecture and discussion on this theme: The Constitution, the Court and the Founding Ideals. We will explore how America's constitutional system, starting in 1789, was engineered from the beginning to protect individual freedom.

WATCH: A short video about the Supreme Court at these links: PART 1 and PART 2.

WRITE: Your first POST about what you learned from the video. See the TAB at the top of the page labeled BLOG POST HOW-TO.

In preparation, please click on the links below and explore the material you find there as background.We will go into more detail about the Founding Era together in class.

READ this short overview about the creation of the U.S. Constitution provided the History Channel: Creation of the Constitution

BROWSE this entry on Wikipedia about the history of American constitutional law: Constitution of the United States

BROWSE this entry on Wikipedia about the history of the most powerful court on earth: Supreme Court of the United States

BROWSE this popular blog that keeps up with day-to-day news about the Supreme Court: SCOTUS.blog


Founding Era Timeline