Discussion post 1: 

300 Word minimum, You must support your assertions with at least 3 scholarly citations in current Bluebook format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include Scholarly sources and the Bible.

Explain when patent protection arises and identify what rights it provides to a patent owner. Further identify and discuss the moral philosophies you have learned and explain how they might justify patent protection. Be sure to identify and discuss the predominant moral justification in the U.S. Constitution for patent protection. For that moral justification, explain whether it is consistent with a Biblical worldview, and compare it with the other justifications and explain whether some other justification is more consistent with a Biblical worldview.

Be sure to consider the costs of developing patent protectable material and examine whether that consideration is important to a Biblicalworld view of patent protection. You may use any material from the Bible to support your explanation.

Discussion Post 2: 

400 word minimum, you must support your assertions with at least 3 scholarly sources in
Bluebook format. Acceptable sources include the Bible, law review articles, or other articles that include
legal sources as reference.

In the landmark case, Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court invalidated its first Congressional statute. In doing, so, Chief Justice John Marshall’s opinion established the principle that the federal courts have the power to review the constitutional validity of government actions. This power is known as judicial review. Discuss whether the federal courts should have the power of judicial review.