How Significant are the decisions from the Marshall Court in American History?
Marbury V. Madison- It was significant because it was the first Supreme court case that used the principle of judicial review. It was also significant because this case was the first case that played a key role in making the supreme court a separate branch of the government. (Pbs)
Fletcher v. Peck- This case was significant because it was the first time that the supreme court had rejected a state law constitutional grounds. This case was also important because the court had decided that Peck was innocent since Georgia was the one who had violated the contract clause and peck was just a third party who had done everything legally.(Pbs)
Dartmouth College v. Woodward- This
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How are they representative of the power of the judicial branch of the United States government?
Marbury V. Madison- This Case was representative of the Judicial branch power because this case was the first case to use judicial review which is where something was reviewed by the supreme court. This case was also important because it was the first case to show that the Supreme court could become a separate branch of the government.
Fletcher v. Peck- This case was representative toward the power of the judicial branch because this case allowed the supreme court to extend its power to review state laws. This case was also important because it showed that the supreme had enough power to reject something.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward- This case was important because it showed how the supreme court decided to handle the case since Dartmouth had gotten the charter title from the President and that was constitutional so nobody could change that.
McCulloch v. Maryland- This case was representative because it showed that putting a tax on the national bank was not constitutional
Gibbons v.Ogden- This case was representative because it showed that the congress controlled who got to control the