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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?
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
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John Marshall’s rulings in Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland were especially important in strengthening the judicial branch.
- Marbury v. Madison (1803) — established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) — affirmed federal supremacy and implied powers, and reinforced the Court’s authority to interpret the Constitution.
(He also wrote the majority opinion in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), which strengthened federal power under the Commerce Clause and further affirmed the Court’s role in settling disputes over federal authority. Plessy and Brown occurred long after Marshall’s time.)
- Marbury v. Madison (1803) — established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) — affirmed federal supremacy and implied powers, and reinforced the Court’s authority to interpret the Constitution.
(He also wrote the majority opinion in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), which strengthened federal power under the Commerce Clause and further affirmed the Court’s role in settling disputes over federal authority. Plessy and Brown occurred long after Marshall’s time.)
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