The Supreme Court.

Duration: 18 min.

Genre: Documentary | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1954

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the historical development of the exercise of judicial review by the Supreme Court. Uses dramatized and semi-documentary scenes to show the significance of Chief Justice Marshall's establishment of judicial review in the Marbury vs. Madison case, the Taney and the Dred Scott decision, Lincoln's relationship to the Court through government by martial law and executive decree, the nullification of some New Deal measures and the attempt to "pack" the Court, and the gradual emergence of a more liberal point of view through normal turnover of personnel. Indicates the Constitutional provision for the Supreme Court, its jurisdiction, the nature of unconstitutional acts, and the path by which cases reach the Court.

Complete Record: This film opens with the news of the Supreme Court's decision of 1935 outlawing the National Recovery Act.

Metadata Source:University of Georgia Brown Media Archives

This film is not rare.

4 users have this film:
Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, Library of Congress, Oddball Film and Video, University of Georgia Walter J Brown Media Archives and Peabody Collection

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