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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall's rulings on which cases helped to strengthen the role of the judicial branch of government?

McCulloch v. Maryland

Marbury v. Madison

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

Gibbons v. Ogden

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McCulloch v. Maryland, Marbury v. Madison, and Gibbons v. Ogden.

- Marbury v. Madison (1803) — established judicial review, making the Supreme Court the final interpreter of the Constitution.
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) — upheld implied federal powers and federal supremacy over states, strengthening the Court’s role in interpreting federal authority.
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) — clarified broad federal power under the Commerce Clause and reinforced the Court’s authority in settling federal–state disputes.

(Plessy and Brown occurred long after Marshall’s tenure and were not his rulings.)