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 Brown v. Board
of Education, which was decided
May 17, 1954, ruled that segregated schools were
inherently unconstitutional under the equal
protection of the laws provision of the
Fourteenth Amendment. |
 In Marbury vs
Madison, which was decided
February 24, 1803, the Supreme Court stated that the Constitution gives it
the final authority to determine which laws are
constitutional and which are not. |
 McCulloch
vs Maryland On March 6, 1819,
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress has
"implied powers" in addition to those
specified in the Constitution and that federal
laws are superior to conflicting state laws. |
 Lutie Lytle
became the third African-American woman to be
licensed to practice law in the United States in
1897. That same year she became the only black
female to be practicing law in the United States,
after the first two died. |
 Oliver
Ellsworth was one of the proponents
of a two-house Congress, and was chairman of the
committee that organized the federal judiciary.
He became the second Chief Justice in 1796, and
served in that capacity until resigning for
health reasons in 1800. |
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