W82E Judicial Supremacy and the Supreme Court (Zoom; OLLI @ U of A)
Zoom | Available (Membership Required)
In 1803 the appointed US Supreme Court justices claimed the power to make judgements binding elected officials based on judicial review, and their authority to apply constitutional mandates as the supreme law of the land. The current challenges to judicial activist policy making by the court and proposed reforms are only the latest of many such power struggles between the court, Congress, the President and the states. University of Cincinnati Professor emeritus Howard Tolley will provide a historical overview of how those struggles have evolved as the balance of power has shifted.
Prior to retirement in 2011, Howard Tolley served as a Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati where for 27 years he taught undergraduate and graduate public law courses on the U.S. legal system, Supreme Court, civil liberties, and international human rights. As a professional neutral, he also served as a labor law fact finder and arbitrator. He offers Supreme Court classes for OLLI in Ohio, Florida, Oklahoma, and Arizona where he spends the winter.
*This registration item is ZOOM ONLY; there is not an in-person section of this course. It is offered and run by The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Arizona.*