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Lesson Plan: Citizen Nation: Exploring Judicial Independence

In our system of separation of powers, the debates about how to select and structure the judicial branch go back to the Founding period. In this clip from “Citizen Nation,” Ethan, a high school student in Las Vegas, is asked whether the power of judicial review has gone too far and has been too unrestrained.

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