The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Louisville, Kentucky ordinance prohibiting Black residents from moving onto blocks where the majority of residents were white, and vice versa. While appearing to be a civil rights victory, the Court’s reasoning in Buchanan v. Warley rested entirely …
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The U.S. Supreme Court decides McCulloch v. Maryland, with Chief Justice John Marshall authoring a landmark opinion establishing that Congress has implied powers under the Constitution’s “Necessary and Proper Clause” and that federal law is supreme over state law, preventing states …
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The U.S. Supreme Court issues its landmark decision in Marbury v. Madison, with Chief Justice John Marshall declaring for the first time that federal courts possess the power to strike down laws passed by Congress that violate the Constitution. Marshall writes that “A Law repugnant to the …
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