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THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN MARSHALL: INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION
Moderator Donald Scarinci, Esq. Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC (Lyndhurst) Speakers Steve Edenbo (Portraying Thomas Jefferson) American Historical Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
Doug Thomas (Portraying John Marshall) American Historical Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
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Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall: Interpreting the Constitution 1
Biographies of the Participants 3
Thomas Jefferson/Steven Edenbo 5 John Marshall/Doug Thomas 7 Donald Scarinci 9
Timeline of the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall 11
Relevant Constitutional Provisions 17
Annotations to the Constitution 19 Commerce Clause 19 Necessary & Proper Clause 23 Contract Clause 24 Judicial Review 26 Supremacy Clause 29
Relevant Decisions from 1800 to 1836 31
Talbot v. Seeman: The Power to Declare War 33 Supreme Court Review of the Affordable Care Act Began in 1803 35 Charming Betsy and the Law of Nations 37 Fletcher v. Peck and the Contract Clause 39 U.S. v. Hudson and Goodwin: Jurisdiction Over Criminal Matters 41 Livingston v. Van Ingen: NY Appeals Court Tackles Commerce Clause 42 Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee: The Supreme Court’s Authority Over State Courts 44 McCulloch v. Maryland: The Necessary and Proper Clause 46 Sturges v. Crowinshield: Constitutionality of State Bankruptcy Laws 48 Dartmouth College v. Woodward: The Contracts Clause 49 Cohen v. Virginia: U.S. Supreme Court Trumps State Courts 51 Johnson v. M’Hintosh: The Power to Grant Land 53 Corfield v. Coryell: The Privileges and Immunity Clause 55 Gibbons v. Ogden: The Commerce Clause 57 Osborn v. Bank of the United States Clarifies Reach of Federal Jurisdiction 59 Wayman v. Southard: The Limits of Non-Delegation 61 Brown v. Maryland: Import Taxes on Foreign Goods 63 Ogden v. Saunders: The Contracts Clause 65 Martin v. Mott: The President’s Power Under the Militia Clause 67 Weston v. City Council of Charleston: What is a “Suit?” 69
Willson v. Black Bird Creek Marsh Company: The Dormant Commerce Clause 70 Craig v. Missouri Interprets Prohibition of Bills of Credit Under Article I 72 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: The Rights of Indian “Nations” 74 Worcester v. Georgia: Indian Sovereignty and the States 76 Barron ex rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore: The Limits of the Bill of Rights 78
Biographies of Great Americans 79
Henry Baldwin 81 John Blair, Jr. 83 Samuel Chase 85 William Cushing 87 Gabriel Duvall 89 Oliver Ellsworth 91 James Iredell 93 John Jay 95 Thomas Johnson 97 William Johnson 99 Henry Brockholst Livingston 101 John Marshall 102 John McLean 104 Alfred Moore 106 William Paterson 108 John Rutledge 110 Joseph Story 112 Roger B. Taney 114 Smith Thompson 115 Thomas Todd 117 Robert Trimble 118 Bushrod Washington 119 James Moore Wayne 121 James Wilson 123