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Creation of the Supreme Court
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John Jay
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John Marshall
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Marbury v. Madison
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Fletcher v. Peck
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McCollough v. Maryland
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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Gibbons v. Ogden
The Supreme Court, under chief justice John Marshall, granted the United States the power to regulate interstate commerce. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The Dred Scott decision was a court case that established the law that all African-Americans imported and used as slaves in the United States could never attain citizenship. This case also brought about the rule that African Americans were not protected by the Constitution.
