| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Marbury v Madison | This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review |
| McCulloch v Maryland | This case establishes that Congress has the power to charter a national bank |
| Scott v Sandford | denied citizenship to enslaved African Americans and denied right to sue in federal court. Invalidated Missouri Compromise (no slaves north of 36° 30') |
| Gibbons v Ogden | "steamboat case". interstate commerce & transportation is dealt by Congress. |
| Worcester v Georgia | Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it |
| Civil Rights Cases | struck down Civil Rights Act of 1875, allowed private businesses to discriminate, Congress can only pass laws preventing states from discriminating |
| Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific Railroad v Illinois | removed power from states to regulate railroad rates, led to creation of Interstate Commerce Commision |
| United States v EC Knight Co | local manufacturing was out of the scope of interstate commerce regulatory power of Congress |
| In Re Debs | Upheld right for the gov't to halt union strikes |
| Plessy v Ferguson | sumpreme court ruled that segregation public places facilities were legal as long as the facilites were equal |
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