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GOVT2302 Unit 3 Test
U.S. Supreme Court Cases
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marbury v. Madison | (1803)Established judicial review at the federal level. Judicial review = the U.S. Supreme Court’s power to hear a case and determine if an act is Constitutional (within the law) or Unconstitutional (outside of the law; Void) |
| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee | (1816)Established judicial review at the state level. Judicial review = the U.S. Supreme Court’s power to hear a case and determine if an act is Constitutional (within the law) or Unconstitutional (outside of the law; Void) |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | (1819)Challenge to the Necessary & Proper Clause AKA Elastic Clause. The Court held that Congressional use of the N & P Clause IS Constitutional as this grant of power is not unfettered (unlimited). |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | (1824)Challenge to the Commerce Clause. The Commerce Clause permits Congress to regulate interstate commerce (trade; business) The Court held that Congressional use of the Commerce Clause IS Constitutional. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | (1896)The Court held that Segregation (separation of people) by Race IS Constitutional. Widely held by Constitutional Scholars to be one of the Top 3 Worst Cases ever decided by the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Brown v. Board of Education | (cases consolidated 1954)Thurgood Marshall successfully argued that Segregation by Race (AKA Separate but Equal) was Unconstitutional. Thurgood Marshall would later serve as the first African American Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
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