Supreme Court Cases

Which case decided that the Supreme Court had the power of Judicial Review?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Which of the following is the definition of judicial review?

• league of independent states or nations

• Loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country

• Trade between different states

• Power of the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of a President or laws passed by Congress are constitutional

Which case decided that the creation of a Second Bank of the United States was constitutional

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Which case decided that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Who were the midnight judges in the case of Marbury v. Madison?

• last minute appointments to federal judge positions by John Adams

• The Supreme Court justices that ruled in this case

• the judges that retired right before John Adams left office

• none of these

In Marbury v. Madison, who was the Secretary of State that was supposed to deliver the commission to the new appointees?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• James Madison

• John Marshall

“The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.”

• 10th amendment

• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

• Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

• 10th amendment

• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

• Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”

• 10th amendment

• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

• Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution

Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State that refused to deliver the commissions, causing William Marbury to sue.

• John Adams

• James Monroe

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin