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What supreme court decision divided the nation even more in the 1800's?
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∙ 12y ago
As opposed to the first three Chief Justices, John Marshall was instrumental in forming the Supreme Court as an independent third branch of government as stated in Article III of the US. Constitution. He accomplished this by having all acts and actions by the Executive Branch (President), the Legislative Branch (House of Representatives and the Senate), the States, and lower court decisions to be scrutinized through a process called "judicial review." A lot of his actions infuriated the anti-Federalists since his actions was to create a stronger central government, which the Federalists stood for. In a case where he sets precedence for "judicial review," and making the Supreme Court the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution was the 1803 Marbury vs Madison case calling the Act of Congress "unconstitutional." This was a case where the outgoing President John Adams and the out going Federalists, who controlled Congress, passed the Judicial Act of 1801 (the unconstitutional act) that was to replace the Judicial Act of 1789. In this act, John Adams was given the right to expand the court system and appoint Federalist "Midnight Judges." Marshall is also famous for handing down a unified decision of the majority of justices on cases they decide on. Previously, each judge would read his opinion. Some of his decisions were controversial and at times he was in the minority. John Marshall to this day holds the honor of being the longest serving Chief Justice of the United States as he served 35 years until his death (1801-1835) at the age of 79.
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