ON 6 MARCH 1857, the US Supreme Court delivered Dred Scott v Sandford 60 US 393 (1857).
https://supreme.justia.com/us/60/393/case.html
The US Supreme Court ruled that slaves African ancestry were not citizens under the US Constitution.
The decision caused outrage and was a significant event leading up to the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
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ON 24 FEBRUARY 1803, the US Supreme Court delivered Marbury v Madison 5 US 137 (1803).
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The Supreme Court of the United States held invalid legislation passed by Congress which purported to enlarge the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by authorising the issue of mandamus. The Court held that Congress had no power to give original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court in cases other than those described in Art III.
The decision is significant in that it sets the principle that the US Supreme Court has the ultimate power to review the validity of acts of Congress enacted in violation of the United States Constitution.
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ON 15 DECEMBER 1791, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were passed into law.
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ON THIS DAY in 1789, the Constitution of the United States of America came into effect.
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