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Purpose of the Judicial Branch

Purpose of the Judicial Branch. Interpret the Law Set Legal Precedents Determine if laws passed by Congress or Presidential Actions violate the US Constitution Establish public policy At times criticized for “legislating from the bench”. Judicial Branch Structure. The Marshall Courts.

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Purpose of the Judicial Branch

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  1. Purpose of the Judicial Branch • Interpret the Law • Set Legal Precedents • Determine if laws passed by Congress or Presidential Actions violate the US Constitution • Establish public policy • At times criticized for “legislating from the bench”

  2. Judicial Branch Structure

  3. The Marshall Courts

  4. Chief Justice John Marshall • “First Among Equals” • Nominated by Adams • Chief Justice (1801- 1835)

  5. Landmark Decisions during the Marshall Courts • Marbury v Madison • Fletcher v Peck • Dartmouth v Woodward • McCulloch v Maryland • Gibbons v Ogden • Worcester v Georgia • Cherokee Nation v Georgia

  6. Fletcher v Peck • First Time the Supreme Court declared a State law Unconstitutional • Law was nullified

  7. Dartmouth v Woodward • State Governments cannot interfere with existing legal business arrangement

  8. McCullough v Maryland (1819) • “The power to tax • Is the power to • DESTROY”

  9. Gibbons v Ogden (1824) • Federalism • Congress Regulates Interstate Trade • States Control Intrastate Trade

  10. Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1830) Article I Section 8 Clause 3

  11. Worcester v Georgia (1832) • Article I Section 8 Clause 3

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