Might fancy gramar school. Haven’t thought of Marbury v. Madison since Con Law I, in law school.
Thing is, as a lawyer, I don’t wind up reading USSC opinions anymore than the average person. Graduated in top 10%, and I was stumped for an answer as well. I might have been able to talk about cases in general, but I could not have named the specific cases. I find no fault with how she responded.
But in the end, she really did have a tack, in that Palin is running for the executive branch, and not the judiciary. It really doesn’t matter what opinions she disagreed with, she’s not ever going to decide any, that’s not in her purview. The only thing she might be connected with is selecting a USSC Justice candidate.
The more appropriate question would have been which justices do you agree with, and which do you believe render opinions outside the view of American public.
I looked it up; it’s 8th grade middle school social studies. They tend to teach Marbury, Brown vs Board Ed, Plessy v Ferguson. Kids’ stuff.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=marbury+madison+social+studies+grade+curriculum