The Marshall Court and Federal Supremacy [1819-1824]
Chief Justice John Marshall establishes the judiciary as a powerful branch of the federal government, and strengthens the national government’s supremacy over the states.
Chief Justice Marshall
Federal Supremacy
[Contracts] Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1819)
[Supremacy] McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)
[Interstate Commerce] Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824)