I learned that the Alien and Sedition act removed the people's first amendment. This obviously violated the constitution so the Supreme Court had to come up with a solution. They decided to tell Kentucky and Virginia to just ignore this act as if it never happened. I also learned that congress gets to decide how many courts there will be. The most important take away about the supreme court is that they do not actually have as much power as people may think. There was a system made so that no one was overpowered being put in a "monarchy light." The states didn’t want to have one person or group of people to call all of the shots. This is why we have the Bill of Rights, to give the individuals some power, and take some power away from the government. The most surprising thing that I learned was that The government used to not have enough power to lead the people from the Articles of Confederation. So, they started fresh. They wanted to put anti-slavery into what is now the constitution, but obviously the south was not pleased by this. This is where the ⅗ compromise comes in. When the constitution was written it wasn’t able to get ratified by anyone because there was no Bill of Rights. Madison then got to writing on the Bill of Rights so that the Constitution could officially be ratified. These videos changed my perspective on the supreme court a bit. Although they do hold a lot of power and kind of rob us from our own power sometimes, us individuals actually do have quite a bit of power if we use it. Meaning if they do something that we don’t agree with or like, it is our duty to stand up for our rights and tell the government what they're doing wrong. We do have power, we just need to start using it to our advantage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piN6uMrXzMM&t=194s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfl2NBfvff4&t=32s
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