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The Supreme Court made several distinctly important rulings in the early era of the new government. Four
of those cases were: Marbury v. Madison; Fletcher v Peck; Gibbons v. Ogden; McCullough v Maryland.
Each case must be examined in light of the relative infancy of the Supreme Court in national affairs. •What
was the result in the Marbury case? Why would a Federalist be unhappy with the ruling? •Why was
it important for the Founding Fathers to shield the public from strong passions of volatile legislatures? How did they accomplish
it? •Thinking about the importance of transportation, what was the main issue in the Gibbons case? •Why
do we remember the McCullough case? What implications did the ruling have on the Supremacy Clause and the Elastic Clause?
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