Presidency and the Shape of the Supreme Court
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
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| English | Self Study, Virtual Classroom | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
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| INR 4198 | yes | TCD |
The Syllabus
- Let's Get Started
- Survey from Trinity College
- How to Take an edX Course
- Grading and Discussion Board Policies
- Introduction: The Public’s View of Supreme Court Decisions & the “Political Construction of Law”
- The Significance of the Death of Justice Antonin Scalia for the Court
- The Ideological Makeup of the Court
- The Issues
- Evidence that the Court Issue Didn’t Matter in 2016
- Evidence that the Court Issue Did Matter in 2016
- The 2016 President Campaign and the Court
- Week 1 Discussion Forum (1 Question)
- Week 1 Assessment (2 Questions)
- FDR’s first term and the Court
- The Nature of the Court Packing Plan
- The Defeat of the Court-Packing Plan and the Constitutional Revolution of 1937
- The Making of a Roosevelt Court
- The Roosevelt Court and Civil Rights
- Week 2 Discussion Forum (1 Question)
- Week 2 Assessment (2 Questions)
- Nixon’s 1968 “Law-and- Order” Campaign, Incomplete
- Nixon’s Victory, Incomplete
- Nixon’s Justices, Incomplete
- Nixon’s Judicial Policy, Incomplete
- Nixon’s Court and Its Political Consequences, Incomplete
- Week 3 Discussion Forum (1 Question), Incomplete
- Week 3 Assessment (2 Questions)
- Reagan’s Landslide Election, Incomplete
- Reagan and Bush I’s Justices, Incomplete
- Social Conservatives and the Limitations of the Rehnquist Court, Incomplete
- George W. Bush, the Social Issue in 2004 Presidential Election, and the Curious Choice of Harriett Miers, Incomplete
- The Roberts Court, Incomplete
- Week 4 Discussion Forum (1 Question), Incomplete
- Week 4 Assessment (2 Questions)
- The Selection of Neil Gorsuch and the Concept of a Minority Justice, Incomplete
- The Continuation of a Cookie-Cutter Court, Incomplete
- Contemplating a Trump Court, Incomplete
- Week 5 Discussion Forum (1 Question), Incomplete
- Week 5 Assessment (2 Questions)
- The Supreme Court and the Midterm Elections 2018
- Post Election Wrap Up
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