Cohens v. Virginia was the Supreme Court case where the Court decided that it has the authority to review lower court decisions where the defendant believes his or her Constitutional rights were compromised. This was already the case in civil matters, but in Cohen, the Court applied the principle to criminal matters as well.

a)states rights

b)judicial review

C)federalism

D)constitutionalism

E)federal authority

Virginia v. Cherrix was born in 1990.

Virginia V. Lyons was born in 1944.

Fourth Chief Justice John Marshall, who presided over the US Supreme Court from 1801-1835, firmly established the role of the Court as the interpreter of the Constitution. Cases like Marbury v. Madison, (1803); Fletcher v. Peck, (1810); McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819); Cohens v. Virginia, (1821); Gibbons v. Ogden, (1824), and others enhanced the power of both the federal government and Judiciary branch.