US Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Which power did the U.S. Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison?

• judicial review

• hearing appeals from lower federal courts

• deciding cases involving two or more states

• judicial independence through lifetime tenure

Under John Marshall’s leadership the Supreme Court issued decisions that —

• declared racial segregation laws unconstitutional

• gave states the power to tax the Bank of the United States

• increased the ability of Congress to limit the powers of the President

• emphasized the supremacy of federal laws over state laws

"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is... If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each."

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Declared that Congress has the power to create the national bank under the "necessary & proper clause" (elastic clause) of the U.S. Constitution.

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Strengthened the power of the judiciary by making it the final authority in interpreting the Constitution.

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Led to federal government regulation of activities regulating anything that involves commerce between states such as railroads, pipelines, minimum wage regulation, and prohibition of child labor.

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Case arose because both NY and the federal government granted licenses to run a steamboat ferry service.

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Made the Supreme Court the final word on the constitutionality of a law.

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Established the power of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Supreme Court ruled that only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce (trade between states)

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

• Worcester v. Georgia

• McCulloch v. Maryland