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!Related Cases
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|Baker v. Carr
|'''Baker v. Carr'''
|1961
|1961
|Warren
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|<nowiki>- "One person one vote" standard</nowiki>
* "One person one vote" standard
 
* Political Question doctrine
- Political Question doctrine
|equal protection (14th amendment)
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|judicial review
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|Marshall  
|Marshall  
|Judicial supremacy
|Judicial supremacy
| original jurisdiction (Article III, Section 2)
| Original jurisdiction (Article III, Section 2)
|"legal remedy" concept <ref>Marshall invoked (referenced) the ancient Roman legal maxim ''ubi jus, ibi remedium'' for "where there is a legal right, there is a legal remedy"</ref>
|"legal remedy" concept <ref>Marshall invoked (referenced) the ancient Roman legal maxim ''ubi jus, ibi remedium'' for "where there is a legal right, there is a legal remedy"</ref>
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* Hylton v. United States (1796)<ref>In this case the Court upheld a challenge to a law's constitutionality, in that a tax on carriages did not violate the Constitution. ''Marbury'' was not decided on this precedent, however, Chief Justice Roberts cited ''Hylton'' in ''National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius'' (2012)</ref>
* Hylton v. United States (1796)<ref>In this case the Court upheld a challenge to a law's constitutionality, in that a tax on carriages did not violate the Constitution. ''Marbury'' was not decided on this precedent, however, Chief Justice Roberts cited ''Hylton'' in ''National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius'' (2012)</ref>
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|McColluch v. Maryland
|'''McColluch v. Maryland'''
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|implied powers
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|<nowiki>-  Maryland tried to stop the Baltimore branch of the Second National Bank by taxing it</nowiki>
 
- the Court ruled that the National Bank was legitimate and superseded (was over) state law, thus Maryland could not tax it
 
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|'''Brown v. Board of Education'''
|1954
|Warren
|equal protection
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|<nowiki>- overturned </nowiki>''Plessy v. Furguson''
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