1. Describe the Court's holdings in Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland.

2. Explain the role of the Court in interpreting the constitutionality of statutes.

3. Justify the role of the courts in our governmental structure.

4. Evaluate the pros and cons of the role of the judiciary as defined in Marbury and McCulloch.

5. Distinguish how courts interpret statutes from how they interpret the Constitution.

6. Explain what it means to say that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land."