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Marbury v. Madison: Media

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Examine how Chief Justice John Marshall and his successor Roger Taney differed on states' rights issues
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U.S. Supreme Court: historic decisions
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John Marshall
Chief justice of the United States, John Marshall, early 1800s.
© North Wind Picture Archives
William Marbury
Portrait painting of William Marbury, the plaintiff in Marbury v. Madison...
Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
George Washington
George Washington.
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1940.1.6
John Adams
John Adams.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement (object no. 1950.6.11)
U.S. presidential election of 1800
Results of the U.S. presidential election of 1800.
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John Marshall
John Marshall.
© North Wind Picture Archives
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson.
U.S. Diplomacy Center
James Madison
James Madison.
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Alisa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1979.4.2
U.S. Supreme Court
Should packing the U.S. Supreme Court ever be considered?
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