Supreme Court Milestones

  • Supreme Court is made

    Supreme Court is made

    The constitution lays the foundation of the Supreme Court, and how it acts.
  • John Jay First Chief Justice

    John Jay First Chief Justice

    Washington appointed him Chief Justice to the Supreme Court under the new federal constitution
  • John Marshal

    John Marshal

    John Marshal was Cheif of Justice from 1802-1835. He was almost never on the side of a lossing case. I think hes important because he set up the branches of the current Judical Branch.
  • Marbury Vs. Madison

    Marbury Vs. Madison

    Marbury V. Madison is the first time that a law was declared unconstitutional. This is important because they still use this today.
  • Fletcher v Peck

    Fletcher v Peck

    Its the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional, the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts, and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands.
  • • Dartmouth College v. Woodward

  • •	McCollough v. Maryland

    • McCollough v. Maryland

    The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland.
  • •	Gibbons v. Ogden

    • Gibbons v. Ogden

    It was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce
  • •	Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

    • Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

    It was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia

    It was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.
  • •	Commonwealth v. Hunt

    • Commonwealth v. Hunt

    Before laws said is a union tried to organize a strike they would be charged with comspirisy. After it said unions where lawfull.
  • • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    It was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves will never be free.