MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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advanced civil rights for minorities
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upheld the constitutionality of a national bank
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limited Presidential control of foreign policy
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established the power of judicial review
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1803, used the case of Marbury v. Madison to establish the Court’s power of judicial review whereby the Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress and signed by the president as unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void.
Detailed explanation-2: -With his decision in Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, an important addition to the system of “checks and balances” created to prevent any one branch of the Federal Government from becoming too powerful.
Detailed explanation-3: -The significance of Marbury v. Madison was that it was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply “Judicial Review", and it allowed the Supreme Court to rule laws unconstitutional.