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Creation of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was one of the things the Constition called for in section1 article 3. this should be considered a milestone because it was the begging. I think that is significant because the Supreme Court has the power of the Judicial Review. -
John Jay
John Jay was a very busy man.As a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses he urged a moderate policy, served on various committees, drafted correspondence, and wrote a famous address to the people of Great Britain. Congress had appointed him Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1784. He also was a srong supporter of a more central goverment and he was Cheif Justiice. I think that this is significance because he was a Cheif Justice and that is a pretty high honor. -
John Marshall
John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.Marshall got rid of the Supreme Court tradition of issuing per seriatim opinions. Which is where each justice issued his or her own legal justification for the Court's decision. He replaced it with a single opinion of the Court. This allowed the Supreme Court to project unity and assert greater authority. This is sig.because it changed how the sumpreme court worked. -
Marbury v. Madison
The case, Marbury v. Madison, became one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in United States history. the way marshall took it was that the Supreme Court had the power of judicial review. That is, the Court had the right to review acts of Congress and, by extension, actions of the President. If the Court found that a law was unconstitutional, it could overrule the law. This is important because it said that the supreme court could only interpt the Consistion. -
Fletcher v. Peck
Fletcher was mad that the 1796 act passed by the Georgia legislature could not take away property rights gained by land companies under the Yazoo Land Act of 1795 he thought that peck was taking away the right. This is important because this ruling marked the first time that a state law had been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
In 1816, the New Hampshire legislature attempted to change Dartmouth College-- a privately funded institution--into a state university. The legislature changed the school's corporate charter by transferring the control of trustee appointments to the governor. In an attempt to regain authority over the resources of Dartmouth College, the old trustees filed suit against William H. Woodward, who sided with the new appointees. -
McCollough v. Maryland
The case McCollough v. Maryland was about Maryland state tax.McCollough though that the state tax imposed on the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional interference with federal government activities by the state. This is sigificant because the ruling established the principle of implied powers through a broad interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Giving Congress an expanded role in governing the nation. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The Gibbons v. Ogden case ruled in favor of Gibbons by finding that steamship navigation is part of commerce and that states could not pass laws regulating steamship traffic operating between two or more states. This is significant because it was the first case to interpret federal powers under the Constitution's Commerce Clause. -
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
It was about the cherokee indians and how they were saying that the Georgia needed to stop using there powers for evil and let the indians stay in Georgia. This is significant because with the Supreme Court not hearing the case it forced indians to move from their rightful lands. -
Worcester v. Georgia
in this case samuel Worcester said that the state of Georgia had no legal authority to pass laws regulating activities within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, which was a nation that was recognized through treaties with the United States. In the case the court ruled in favor of Worocester. this is significant because it was the 3rd case that John Marshall made political ties with indians. -
Commonwealth v. Hunt
in 1839 a society called Bootmakers went on strike against all employers who hired non-union members. Hunt was one of the leaders and was later arrested, but his defense was that his strike was lawful. In the case the court sided with Hunt. this is significant because it legalized the existence of trade organizations -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
in this case Scott said that he was a free man because when his slave owner moved him to Missouri the Missouri Compermise said so. The court ruled that scott will always be a slave and they also found that the Missouri Compermise was unconstutional. this is significant because it didnt help seettle the slavery problwm and it pushed forward the Civil War. -
Maples v. Thomas
This is about Croy Maples missing his chance to appeal his death sentence because the poeple that were suppost to give him the letter nevr delivered it. Now Croy is petitioned the Supreme Court, arguing that the missed deadline was not his fault and that the state was partly to blame after a court clerk placed the returned letter in a drawer without letting anyone know. Tis is impotant because its about life and death.
