Court Cases
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- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- Marbury v. Madison 1803
- William Marbury
- Chief Justice John Marshall
- James Madison
- What an honor. Thank you sir.
- John Adam's Final Days as President
- I'm appointing you as the new Justice of Peace. Congrads!
- I'll make sure of that Mr. President.
- Now, that I am in office, things are going to be different...Marbury will NOT be Justice of Peace.
- Thomas Jefferson is now President.
- This is not right...It's not fair!!! I'm taking this to the Supreme Court!
- Secretary of State Office
- I am not going to deliver your commission.
- I'm sorry Marbury, but according to the Judiciary Act of 1798 the court cannot grant your writ, it's considered unconstitutional.
- I'm petitioning for a writ of mandamus!
- Yes!!
- The Marbury v. Madison case established Judicial Review, which is the Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional. William Marbury never became Justice of Peace because the Judicial Act of 1789 was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
- James William McCulloch
- McColloch vs Maryland 1819
- Chief Justice Marshall
- Maryland Representative
- In 1816, the United States Congress passed an Act that allowed Federal Banks to be located and to operate within individual states in the U.S.
- Federal Bank located in Baltimore, Maryland
- NEW LAW! There is now a tax on all banks operating in Maryland not chartered by the state
- Federal Bank
- Why are there taxes? This is a federal bank, I'm not going to pay them.
- I'm here to collect your taxes
- Well Mr. McColloch I guess I'll see you in court.
- Federal Bank
- No, I refuse to pay them! It's absurd!
- The federal bank is on Maryland land so we can tax it!
- Mr.McColloch is right. The Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution states that the Federal Government can have a bank in whatever state without being taxed
- The federal bank cannot be taxed by the STATE!
- I knew I was right!
- Maryland made a statute imposing a tax on banks and McColloch, a cashier, issued bank notes without cooperating with the law and Maryland sued him for failing to pay the taxes. Congress has the power to incorporate a bank due to the Necessary and Proper clause, but the state of Maryland does not have the power to tax an institution when following the Congress.
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