Marbury v. Madison
This Federalist appointee was named a justice of the peace by President John Adams.
Who is William Marbury?
Congress created this national financial institution in 1816.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
This type of vessel was at the center of the dispute between Ogden and Gibbons.
What is a steamboat?
Anything having to do with trade or business.
What is commerce?
This branch of government passes laws.
What is Congress?
This new Secretary of State refused to deliver Marbury's appointment.
Who is James Madison?
This state passed a law taxing the national bank.
What is Maryland?
This man had a New York state license to operate a steamboat.
Who is Aaron Ogden?
This describes federal law's place in relation to state law when the two conflict.
What is federal supremacy over state law?
This branch reviews whether laws are constitutional.
What is the Supreme Court?
This 1789 law said the Supreme Court could hear Marbury's case.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
The Court ruled that this state's tax on the national bank was unconstitutional.
What is Maryland?
This man had a national license to operate between New York and New Jersey.
Who is Thomas Gibbons?
These are congressional powers clearly stated in the Constitution.
What are express powers?
After the Court struck down a law about depictions of animal cruelty, Congress passed a new law that did not violate this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
John Marshall ruled the Supreme Court could not hear the case because this law conflicted with the Constitution.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
This kind of congressional power is clarly stated in the Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
The Court ruled in favor of this steamboat operator, whose license came from the national government.
Who is Thomas Gibbons?
These are congressional powers suggested by the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
In McCulloch v. Maryland, Article VI supported the principle that federal law is supreme over this level of government.
What is state government?
This decision established the Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional, known by this name.
What is judicial review?
Marshall said Congress could establish a nationa bank through this kind of power...
What are implied powers?
The federal government regulates this type of commerce, which takes place between states or across borders.
What is interstate commerce?
This is the Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
Taken together, the three cases defined the court's role, Congress's powers, and the federal government's authority to regulate this kind of activity between states.
What is business or commerce?