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//__**Marbury v Madison**__// The case that established **judicial review.**

The following activity will put you in the decision making shoes like those in history - see how your choices match up to those who came before you!

You are the president of a country that is only 24 years old (things are just getting started for this country). You are a member of the Black Party. You just lost your campaign for re-election and you will leave office in four months. The incoming president is a member of the White Party - she stands for everything you do not. You are concerned that the Black Party will lose all influence in the government once you leave.

In this country, the president can pick judges for the courts and usually the lawmakers need to approve the judges **but** if there isn't enough time to get the approval and the president thinks it is an emergency, s/he can appoint the judges (give them the job without approval).

You have 58 open judge seats. Given how you are and the person who is going to replace you, would you:

Appoint people politically like you to fill the 58 seats - your ideas will live on for a long time even after you are no longer president.

Appoint 1/2 of the 58 seats - your ideas will still live on but the next president should have some say in the structure of the courts too

Only fill the really important seats (like the top judge) because they are too important to leave empty.

Leave the seats open, it is not right for me to do anything since I wasn't reelected by the people.