The judicial branch interprets and applies the law. This is the power of the judicial branch as
listed in the Constitution. The Supreme Court reviews the laws through the lens of different
cases and decides how the law should be understood and used. The legislative branch is
responsible for writing the laws, and the executive branch is responsible for implementing and
enforcing the laws written by the legislature.
The following excerpt was spoken by Sojourner Truth. Please use it to answer questions 6 and 7.
"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches,
and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over
mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I
have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a
woman?
I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well!
And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and
when
I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?"
Sojourner Truth is making the case for (...)
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