Febuary 8

Judicial Branch Article Three creates this branch which is headed by the supreme court, confirmation of members in non-election situations is done by congress. The have Judicial Review which is the right to examine a laws legality. The first case that challenged the legality of a law was Marbury vs Madison. Electoral College. The assumption was American people could not handle choosing a President. People choose people to vote for them. A states votes are equal to its number of representatives. 51% of the vote from the college means you are the president. Amendment Process 2/3 majority by both houses is enough to change. A national convention is when the government calls on states to make the change. A state convention is when states begin the change. This is an improvement over the articles which required unanimity. The Federalist Papers The Federalist were for the constitution the antii-federalist were against it. The purpose of these papers was to get public support for the constitution. Publius, this pen name is used by Alexander Hamilton, he wrote ~50 of the papers, Madison wrote ~30, and John Jay wrote 5. They all went under the same pen name. #10 is the most famous of these papers, it said a republic works better as it gets bigger. The argument against the constitution centres around the lack of a Bill of Rights. Ratification of the Constitution 9 of 13 ratified the Constitution, reservations came from New York and Virginia. One June 28, 1778, New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and it becomes law. George Washington doubts the new government will last twenty years.