John Marshall’s famous Court Cases
- Marbury v Madison
o Claimed power to decide the constitutionality of laws made by Congress and actions of the President would be with the Supreme Court
- McCulloch v Maryland
o Federal law superior to state law
o Maryland had tried to tax the operations of the new Bank of the US to protect their state banks
- Gibbons v Ogden
o Power to regulate commerce involving more than one state (interstate) lies with the federal government