16mm Filmography
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Marbury Vs. Madison (1803)

Re-enacts the 1803 court case that established the Supreme Court's power to review the constitutionality of acts of Congress. Explains that four men appointed as justices of the peace under John Adams did not receive their commissions after Thomas Jefferson became President. Records the confrontation between Jefferson and Chief Justice Marshall on the relative power of the judiciary when the President instructed Secretary of State James Madison to ignore a court order for the documents to be delivered.

More in Equal Justice Under Law Series

  1. Gibbons V Ogden 1977
  2. Gibbons Vs. Ogden (1824) 1977
  3. Marbury Vs. Madison (1803) 1977
  4. Mcculloch Vs. Maryland (1819) 1977
  5. United States V Aaron Burr 1977
  6. United States Vs. Aaron Burr (1807) 1977

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record

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