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Supreme Court is made
The constitution lays the foundation of the Supreme Court, and how it acts. -
John Jay First Chief Justice
Washington appointed him Chief Justice to the Supreme Court under the new federal constitution -
John Marshal
John Marshal was Cheif of Justice from 1802-1835. He was almost never on the side of a lossing case. I think hes important because he set up the branches of the current Judical Branch. -
Marbury Vs. Madison
Marbury V. Madison is the first time that a law was declared unconstitutional. This is important because they still use this today. -
Fletcher v Peck
Its the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional, the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts, and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands. -
• Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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• McCollough v. Maryland
The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. -
• Gibbons v. Ogden
It was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce -
• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
It was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
Worcester v. Georgia
It was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
• Commonwealth v. Hunt
Before laws said is a union tried to organize a strike they would be charged with comspirisy. After it said unions where lawfull. -
• Dred Scott v. Sanford
It was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves will never be free.
