Chapter 6 Review

decide the outcome of a case

accept a case for consideration

overturn a lower court’s opinion

write a majority opinion

It established the supremacy of federal law.

It established the principle of stare decisis.

It established the principle of judicial review.

It resolved a dispute about Congress’s commerce power.

U.S. District Court

VA Circuit Court

U.S. Court of Appeals

VA Supreme Court

1. Convincing the president to veto the decision. 

1. Passing legislation the Court declared unconstitutional in a slightly different form

1. Appealing the decision. 

1. Proposing and ratifying a constitutional amendment that counters the decision. 

District and appeals

City and county

State and federal

Trial and criminal

It established the power of the Legislative Branch

It established Judicial Review

It established the courts' rights of adding more Federal judges

the power to nominate and appoint new judges

the power to reverse the decisions of lower courts

the power to review presidential actions

the power to declare laws unconstitutional

Congress

The president

The Supreme Court

The attorney general

McCullough v. Maryland

Marbury v. Madison

Gibbons v. Ogden

Baker v. Carr