AmericanPoliticsandGovernmentThejourneyofExploringAmericanPoliticsandGovernmentI.TheorganizationofAmericanGovernment:ChecksandBalancesLegislativeExecutiveonenear-certainimpeachmentcaseLegislativeExecutiveonenear-certainimpeachmentcaseLegislativeExecutiveonenear-certainimpeachmentcaseLegislativeExecutiveonenear-certainimpeachmentcaseExecutiveLegislativeone“pocketveto”caseHR1585:onerecent“pocketveto”caseHR1585:TheDefenseAuthorizationAct2008Issue:shouldlawallowIraqiassetsintheUStobefrozen?Bush:No,becausethenewdemocraticgovernmentofIraqcannotaffordtohaveitsfundsentangledinsuchlawsuitsintheUS.“pocketveto”procedureCongresssentthebilltothePresidentonthesamedaytheHouseandtheSenateadjournedonDec.19th.AndCongressisnotscheduledtoreturnuntilJan.15th.JudicialLegislative&ExecutivetwoJudicialReviewcasesJudicalReviewMarburyv.Madison(1803)Facts:WilliamMarburywasappointedbytheoutgoingPresidentJohnAdamsduringthelame-ducksessionasJusticeofthePeaceintheDistrictofColumbia,butthecommissionwasnotdelivered.BasedontheJudiciaryActof1789,MarburypetitionedtheSupremeCourttoforcethenewSecretaryofStateJamesMadisontodeliverthedocuments.JudicialReviewMarburyv.Madison(1803)Thecourt(MarshallasChiefJustice)found:1.Madison’srefusaltodeliverthecommissionwasbothillegalandremediable.2.BUT,theCourtwouldnotcompelMadisontohandoverthecommission,becauseJudiciaryActof1789wasunconstitutional,asitextendstheCourt’soriginaljurisdictionbeyondthatwhichArticleIIIofConstitutionestablished.3.Thepetitionwasdenied.JudicalReviewBrownv.BoardofEducationofTopeka(1954)JudicalReviewBrownv.BoardofEducationofTopeka(1954)Facts:thirteenTopekaparents(OliverBrown,awelder,wasthenamedplaintiff)filedaclassactionagainsttheBoardofEducationoftheCityofTopeka,Kansasonbehalfoftheirtewentychildren.Thesuitcalledfortheschooldistricttoreverseitspolicyofracialsegregation.JudicalReviewBrownv.BoardofEducationofTopeka(1954)TheDistrictCourtfoundsubstantialequalityastothesegregatedschools’physicalplant,curriculumorstaff,