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| 1031-3688-01 | Civil Rights and Liberties in Theunited States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 3.0
Course description
Madisonian democracy creates a government of majority rule with minority rights. In this system of government it is up to the Supreme Court to determine where democratic control ends and minority rights begin. The purpose of this course is to examine the role of the Supreme Court in setting the boundary between the two.