Marbury v. Madison
5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
Federal courts have authority to review legislative acts for constitutional validity.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819)
Congress may use implied powers reasonably adapted to enumerated powers; states may not impede valid federal operations.
Gibbons v. Ogden
22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824)
The Commerce Clause reaches interstate navigation and displaces conflicting state monopolies.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857)
The decision is not good law and is studied as a repudiated constitutional failure.