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Constitutionalism, Early American Repbulic, Marbury, Olmsted, Peters, Marshall, Madison, Supreme Court, Pennsylvania, Resistance
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Constitutionalism In The Streets, Gary D. Rowe
Constitutionalism In The Streets, Gary D. Rowe
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This Article works at the border of constitutional history and constitutional law. It embarks on a reconstruction of constitutionalism in the early American Republic through a microhistorical case study, an analysis of the fascinating United States v. Peters (1809), the first Supreme Court decision to strike down a state law. In the last half century, the Supreme Court has repeatedly asserted that it is the “ultimate expositor of the constitutional text.” From Cooper v. Aaron to United States v. Morrison, the Court has invoked no less than the authority of Chief Justice John Marshall and his opinion in Marbury v. …