Me as a Supreme Court Nominee

 Our last unit of class in Policy is here and there is just one more project to complete. Stepping back a bit though this class has taught us a lot about how our government operates, gets over hurdles, and many of the steps it took to become the system we go by today. It is our third and the last unit the only branch of government that was left was the judicial branch. We spent our time in class diving deep into court cases reviewing a number of issues that date back all the way to the 1700s and along with that the judges on those courts. We had the chance to meet with a number of interesting people to talk to us about local government, Iyana who worked for the Illinois Environmental Council, Andy Davis, a classmates parent who came to talk to us about changes you can lobby for in your own neighborhood, and some representatives from the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. After the numerous visits, we got to reflect and think about a project of our own to wrap up the year. The idea was that we would be acting as a Supreme Court nominees responding to a few questions during our hearings. The original plan was to have everyone record themselves and respond to these questions in real-time but in my case, I wouldn't be able to turn it in on time if it wasn't in written form so a simple slideshow was made instead.

For all of the question slides I must ask that you pretend that someone is speaking as if they were answering a question, the text doesn't make a lot of sense to read otherwise.

This Project was certainly one Id consider more rushed than some of my other posts, than most of my posts even the time frame was very small but mostly because other assignments had to be caught up on and finished. I think the idea even if this was the first time troubleshooting it was one that if more fleshed out could be a really interesting project to do in the future.

Sources:

“The Supreme Court . The Court and Democracy . Landmark Cases . Marbury v. Madison (1803): PBS.” The Supreme Court . The Court and Democracy . Landmark Cases . Marbury v. Madison (1803) | PBS, https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/democracy/landmark_marbury.html.

Historychannel, director. YouTube, YouTube, 14 Sept. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvsZyqRfCo. Accessed 3 June 2022.

“Facts and Case Summary - U.S. v. Alvarez.” United States Courts, https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-us-v-alvarez.

“Marbury v. Madison (1803).” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/marbury-v-madison.