Federalism
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United States v. Shipp
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court’s first and only criminal trial.
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Stephen J. Field
Life StoryA bold and adventurous attorney who ventured to California for the gold rush before his jurisprudence laid the foundation for laissez-faire constitutionalism during his service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Lochner v. New York
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court’s decision that struck down state limits on work hours in bakeries.
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Joseph Story
Life StoryThe poet-at-heart who became the youngest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and a leading Constitutional scholar whose work continues to influence modern interpretations of law.
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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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Fletcher v. Peck
Significant CaseThe first time the Supreme Court declared a state law unconstitutional and a formative decision interpreting the Commerce Clause.
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Cohens v. Virginia
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court's opinion that clarified its appellate jurisdiction over state laws.
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Bushrod Washington
Life StoryA learned judge whose tireless pursuit of legal knowledge was the keystone of his judgments as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
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Barron v. Baltimore
Significant CaseJohn Marshall’s last opinion which addressed the existing parameters of federalism in relation to the states.
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Baker v. Carr
Significant CaseThe landmark case that declared unequal representation in legislative districts to be unconstitutional and that the courts have jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment
