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Judicial Review & Judicial Independence | AP Government Unit 2 Help your AP U.S. Government students confidently analyze Federalist No. 78 with this structured, reading-order guided worksheet designed specifically for Unit 2: The Judicial Branch. This resource walks students through Hamilton’s argument for: - Judicial independence - Life tenure (“during good behavior”) - The “least dangerous branch” - Judicial review - The Court as a check on Congress

Make the federal bureaucracy engaging, rigorous, and memorable. In this creative performance task, students design a superhero representing a federal Cabinet department while applying key AP Government concepts including: Delegated authority Administrative discretion Rulemaking Congressional oversight Presidential influence Iron triangles and issue networks Separation of powersStudents create a 2–3 minute presentation and complete a written reflection analyzing how their agency demonstrates che