Judicial Review

Question 1

Main Cases for Judicial Review (5)

Answer 1

Marbury v. Madison
Nixon v. U.S.
Coleman v. Miller
Ex Parte McCardle
U.S. v. Klein

Question 2

Main facts of Marbury:

Answer 2

William Marbury (Marbury), an end-of-term appointee of President John Adams (President Adams) to a justice of the peace position in the District of Columbia, brought suit against President Thomas Jefferson’s (President Jefferson) Secretary of State, James Madison, seeking delivery of his commission.

Question 3

Main facts of Nixon v. U.S.

Answer 3

The Petitioner, Nixon (Petitioner), a former federal judge, asks the Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court) to decide whether Senate Rule XI, as applied in his impeachment trial, is constitutional.

Question 4

Main facts of Coleman v. Miller

Answer 4

Was the issue of the constitutional amendment losing its vitality by lapse of time a political question resting with ultimate authority of the Congress?

Question 5

Main fact of Ex Parte McCardle

Answer 5

McCardle, a newspaper editor arrested for writing articles critical of Reconstruction, petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States (United States) for a writ of habeas corpus. McCardle argued the Military Reconstruction Act (the Act) and his prosecution were unconstitutional.

Question 6

Main facts U.S. v. Klein

Answer 6

The Respondent, Klein (Respondent), brought suit in the United States Court of Claims, seeking compensation for property taken during the Civil War. The Respondent now argues for affirmation on appeal.