STAAR Review: Court Cases

In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court first stated the principle that:

• only the courts may regulate interstate commerce

• the president may veto federal legislation

• the courts may declare a federal law constitutional

• only the president may issue an executive order

In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have the legal authority over the Cherokees living in the state. President Andrew Jackson responded to this decision by:

• filing another petition against the Cherokee Nation

• ignoring the ruling and allowing Georgia to evict the Cherokee Nation

• ordering state officials in Georgia to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation

• asking Congress to pay reparations to the Cherokee Nation

Headline: Missouri Compromise Declared Unconstitutional

Headline: The Triumph of Slavery

These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Worcester v. Georgia

This court case ruled that no state had the authority to tax a federal government. Additionally it ruled that Congress had the authority to create a national bank through the "necessary and proper clause" in the US Constitution.

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Madison v. Marbury

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

Ruled that Congress has the authority to regulate (control) interstate commerce (business).

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Worcester v. Georgia