American Government CLEP : Major Supreme Court Cases Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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American Government CLEP
American Government CLEP : Major
Supreme Court Cases Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Marbury vs. Madison (1803) - Supreme Court decision in which the
court first exercised the power of judicial review.
Fletcher vs. Peck (1810) - First Supreme Court case in which a state
law was ruled unc...
Marbury vs. Madison (1803) - ✔✔Supreme Court decision in which the
court first exercised the power of judicial review.
Fletcher vs. Peck (1810) - ✔✔First Supreme Court case in which a state
law was ruled unconstitutional
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819) - ✔✔Federal organizations couldn't be
taxed by state institutions
(Maryland could not tax national bank)
Trustees of Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1819) - ✔✔Private charters
are protected by the Constitution.
Cohens vs. Virginia (1821) - ✔✔Supreme Courts have Jurisdiction to
review all cases involving powers/rights of the Federal Government.
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824) - ✔✔Rules that only the Federal Government
can control interstate commerce, not individual states.
, Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia (1831) - ✔✔Declared the Cherokee a
dependent domestic nation possessing some Sovereignty.
Worcester vs. Georgia (1832) - ✔✔Ruled that Georgia had no right to
interfere with Cherokee territory, only the Federal Government.
Commonwealth vs. Hunt (1842) - ✔✔Declared that labor unions were
lawful organizations and that the strike was a lawful weapon. Workers have
the right to organize.
Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857) - ✔✔Rules that slaves were property and
remained slaves, even when taken to free territories/states. They had no
rights in court and were not citizens.
Ex Parte Milligan (1866) - ✔✔Ruled that a civilian cannot be tried in military
courts while civil courts are available during wartime.
Munn vs. Illinois (1877) - ✔✔Allowed states to regulate certain businesses
that affected public interest within their borders when federal policy is
absent.
Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. vs. Illinois (1886) -
✔✔Declared that state-passed Granger laws regulating interstate
commerce were unconstitutional. Only the Federal Government can.
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