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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?

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

McCulloch v. Maryland

Marbury v. Madison

Gibbons v. Ogden

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

- Marbury v. Madison (1803) — established judicial review, giving the Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) — affirmed federal supremacy and implied powers, strengthening the Court’s role in interpreting the Constitution.
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) — clarified federal control over interstate commerce and limited state interference, reinforcing federal judicial authority.

(Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education were decided long after Marshall’s tenure.)