Part one of term paper
There have been several cases in the history of the Supreme Court that have had a powerful impact on both the highest court of the land and the history of the United States. The decision can definitely be included in this category of monumental cases that changed the course of American history. Until this decision the Supreme Court had a fla ...

Part two of term paper
... too much of judicial power. The major error associated with this case was the misguided belief that a flaming political problem,slavery, could become manageable by calling it a legal problem and handing it over to the courts to resolve.In the case the decision was based on "expediency not principle." The big problem was trying to use judicial power to settle a major political problem. Although the decision may have been the result of a trial , in reality it was a case of the court battling with t ...