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Jun 30, 2023 · Marbury v. Madison (1803) President James Madison. Wikimedia Commons. The case: Before President Thomas Jefferson took office in 1801, lame duck John Adams and Congress created new courts and...
Jun 26, 2015 · look at the court's most famous decisions: Marbury v. Madison, 1803 (4-0 decision) Established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review over Congress. McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 (7-0...
Although many cases from state supreme courts are significant in developing the law of that state, only a few are so revolutionary that they announce standards that many other state courts then choose to follow.
Oct 11, 2012 · Supreme Court cases that changed America — Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): Homer Plessy was arrested when he refused to leave a whites-only segregated train car, claiming he was 7/8 white and only...
Sep 4, 2018 · Opinions vary, but the trial of Socrates, the Nuremberg Trials, and the O.J. Simpson case are often cited among the most famous.
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