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was created in artical III of the constitution, it was not given much detail and was given a chief justice and five aassociate justices.
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John Jay was the first Chief Justice appointed by Geroge Washington during his first term in office
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4th Chief Justice he established the power and credibility of the Judicial Bramch of governement, through many influential cases
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Established the idea of judical review, when an act of legislature conflicts with the constitution that act is void. decided in Madisons favor
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First supreme court case that decided a state law was unconstitutional
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The supreme court found in favor of Dartmouth College when the state legislature tried to force the college to become a public institute voiding its contract made with England previously
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Mayrland attempted to tax all monetary notes that were not minted in Marylannd this was an attack on the second national bank and the court impeded and made the state revoke the tax
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Ogden tried to get the supreme court to ban any other boast from a certain span of the river in New York because of an exlusive right given to him by the state of New York but the court found in Gibbons favor saying that they federal government could regulate river trade
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The Cherokee believedd that the Georgians were trying to get rid of the Cherokee breaking the treaties tht they had with the united states. The court found in favor of the Georgians.
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The case really overturned what had happened in the CHerokee v. Georgia case saying that the indian nations were not onder the rule of state legislature
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The supreme court sided with Hunt who ws a leader of a bookmakers union and the decision made unions legal groups with the right to strike unles worker are coerced into a strike
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Scott believed that as he had spent time in a free territory he therefore should also be freed, at first the Missouri state court found in his favor but then the supreme court overuled this and made him a slave again
