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The Role of Supreme Court Wives
ArticleThe significant roles of Supreme Court wives during the early decades of the Court
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The Cherokee Nation Cases
Significant CaseThe lawsuits that forced the examination of the relationship between law and politics, particularly with respect to the Supreme Court’s ability to enforce its judgment during the early years of the Republic.
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Judicial Review
ArticleThe principle that allows the Supreme Court to strike down laws and government actions that conflict with the Constitution
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John Marshall
Life StoryThe soldier, attorney, and American statesman who became the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Affirming Judicial Independence
EraThrough a series of landmark decisions, the Justices of the Marshall Court affirmed the judicial independence of the federal courts, the authority of the Supreme Court, and ensured that the Judicial Branch was an equal branch of the federal government.
