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Questions:
1) What did John Adams do in the final months of his presidency?
2) How did Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans feel about Adams appointing so many Federalists judges?
3) Who was Adams' final and most influential judicial appointment? What position did he appointed?
4) Which political party held a great deal of power even though they were defeated in the Election of 1800?
5) Do you agree with John Adams' actions in appointing hundreds of Federalists judges at the end of his presidency? Explain your answer.
6) Did Chief Justice John Marshall believe that state legislatures or the national government had the most power?
7) What is the name of the case that demonstrated John Marshall's leadership of the Court?
8) What was the main issue at stake in the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison?
9) What did James Madison refuse to deliver to the new justices? What did they do in response?
10) Why did the Supreme Court refuse to take the legal action on behalf of the justices?
11) What did the Supreme Court limit in their ruling?
12) What was the fundamental issue that the court decided?
13) What did Marshall mean by the phrase "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is"?
14) Which branch of government has been the final decision maker regarding the Constitutionality of Congressional legislation since Marbury v. Madison?
15) What principle did the Marbury v. Madison case establish?
16) How could the Marbury v. Madison ruling affect future laws passed by Congress?
17) How did the Marbury v. Madison ruling affect the power of each branch of government?