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In 1803 the Supreme Court established judicial review of federal legislation in Marbury v Madison holding however that Congress could not grant unconstitutional power to the Court itself the Constitution does not explicitly state that the courts may exercise judicial review; however the notion that courts could declare laws unconstitutional was envisioned by the founding fathers Alexander Hamilton for example mentioned and expounded upon the doctrine in Federalist No 78 Originalists on the Supreme Court have argued that if the constitution does not say something explicitly it is unconstitutional to infer what it should might or could have said. Judicial review means that the Supreme Court can nullify a congressional law it is a huge check by the courts on the legislative authority and limits congressional power substantially in 1857 for example the Supreme Court struck down provisions of a congressional act of 1820 in its Dred Scott decision. At the same time the Supreme Court can extend congressional power through its constitutional interpretations; . . .

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 1900 278,718 21.0% Washington D.C. Business Directory. In April 1776 the North Carolina Provincial Congress issued the Halifax Resolves explicitly authorizing its delegates to vote for independence by June nine Provincial Congresses were ready for independence; one by one the last four fell into line: Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and New York Richard Henry Lee was instructed by the Virginia legislature to propose independence and he did so on June 7 1776 On June 11 a committee was created to draft a document explaining the justifications for separation from Britain After securing enough votes for passage independence was voted for on July 2, Washington's army went into winter quarters at New Windsor New York in December 1780 and Washington urged Congress and state officials to expedite provisions in hopes that the army would not "continue to struggle under the same difficulties they have hitherto endured". On March 1 1781 Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation but the government that took effect on March 2 did not have the power to levy taxes and it loosely held the states together. . Ankara Turkey (2011) Notable Civil War leaders from Washington D.C Committees write legislation while procedures such as the House discharge petition process can introduce bills to the House floor and effectively bypass committee input yet they are exceedingly difficult to implement without committee action Committees have power and have been called independent fiefdoms Legislative oversight and internal administrative tasks are divided among about two hundred committees and subcommittees which gather information evaluate alternatives and identify problems. They propose solutions for consideration by the full chamber in addition they perform the function of oversight by monitoring the executive branch and investigating wrongdoing. This house on Duke Street houses the Freedom House Museum with exhibits on the slave trade and the lives of slaves. 10.3 Works cited Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Jakarta Disenfranchisement.