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Forging these United States

The Executive Branch

Presidents

Instituting the Institutions

George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island (August 18, 1790)
The Danbury Baptists Association in the State of Connecticut to Thomas Jefferson October 7, 1801
Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists Association in the State of Connecticut January 1, 1802

Case Law

Marbury V Madison
1803 Supreme Court decision that established judicial review
McCulloch V Maryland
1819 Supreme Court decision that established the constitutional supremacy and sovereignty of the federal government.
Cohens V Virginia
1821 Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed its jurisdiction to review all cases arising from state court judgments.

Debates and Public Commentary

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Norvell, June 14, 1807
Thomas Jefferson, Minutes from a meeting of the Board of Visitors of UVA (1825)
Madison Letter to Edward Everett, 1830
James Madison, On the Nullifying Doctrine, 1830
South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification, 1832

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