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Creation of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court was authorized by the articles of confederation ut was formally esbalshed by the judiciary act.
Sig: a supreme court was established -
John Jay
First chief justice of the supreme court
Sig:he helped establish the rules and procedures the supreme court would follow -
John Marshall
(Year he was selected to serve as chief justice)
He was supreme court chief justice that served for over three decades
Sig:He shaped the American judicial system including the establishment of judicial review, a form of checks and balances -
Marbury v Madison
Marbury sues Madison because of the midnight appointments leads to Marbury not being commisioned secrety of peace in DC
Sig: Helps establish judicial review, checks and balances -
Fletcher v Peck
Dispute over ownership because of a previously repealed state law.
Sig: first case to rule a state law unconstitutional due to the contract clause -
Dartmouth college v Woodwarth
Allowed Dartmouth College to continue as a private institution based on a charter from King George III despite a New Hampshire law
Sig: state laws could not interfere with private contracts -
McCollough v Maryland
Marlyand tried taxing the Second Bank of the United States
Sig:congress had the power to imply based on expressed powers of the constitution -
Gibbons v Odgen
Lawsuit over a steamboat monoploy held by ogden within New York over Gibbons operating on the coast between New Jersey and New York
Sig: court ruled congress had the power to regulate interstate comerce -
Worcester v Georgia
Missionaries refused to obtain a liscense to live in indian territory and were aressted
Sig: court ruled that states did not have the power to make laws in indian nations
