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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

Brown v. Board of Education

Plessy v. Ferguson

McCulloch v. Maryland

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, limiting state interference and strengthening constitutional interpretation by the Court.
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) — clarified federal authority over interstate commerce and reinforced the Court’s role in interpreting federal powers.