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Supreme Court of US
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth v. Georgia | Unions and strikes are legal. |
| Chisholm v. Georgia | 11th amendment: one state can't sue another state |
| US v. Amistad | 1808 JQA says we do not participate in international slave trade. |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | MS Compromise unconstitutional, all black people are not citizens, just property |
| Ablemen v. Booth | Personal liberty laws are unconstitutional. Southerners say federal law is above state law. |
| Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge | Equal economic opportunity with denying a monopoly. Intra-state commerce |
| Marbury v. Madison | Midnight appointees, judicial review, writ of mandamus |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Implied powers: power to tax is power to destroy the bank. Marshall uses Necessary and Proper clause. Stare decisis |
| Cohens v. Virginia | State courts do not have the last say in interpreting Constitution; the Federal courts do |
| Fletcher v. Peck | Commerce and business are separate. Establishes sanctity of contracts. |
| Dartmouth v. Woodward | Wants to turn Dartmouth into public college, strengthens sanctity of contracts |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Monopoly to steamboat line for Robert Fulton; regulation of interstate commerce |
| Cherokee Nation v. Georgia | Mini gold rush to kick out Cherokees; Marshall rules in favor of Cherokee saying they are domestic dependent nation; Intercourse Act |
| Worcester v. Georgia | State law has no effect on Domestic Dependent Nations where government treaties exist. Andrew Jackson disobeyed and Trail of Tears |