John Marshall - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Charles Hobson, who assembled a twelve-volume collection of this man’s writings, claimed his goal was to “project unanimity.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court whose 30 years in office at the start of the 19th century included cases like Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland.

ANSWER: John Marshall

[10e] Judicial review was established in a Marshall-era case in which as a secretary, this man refused to deliver a commission for the “midnight judge” William Marbury. This fourth president wrote the Bill of Rights.

ANSWER: James Madison [accept Marbury v. Madison]

[10h] This other Marshall-era case ruled that states could not rescind contracts that previous legislatures had made. This case concerned grants for Yazoo land in Georgia.

ANSWER: Fletcher v. Peck

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	8.75	50%	25%	13%
Florida	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	18.18	100%	82%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
North	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	16.00	80%	80%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	USC A	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
USC B	UCLA E	0	10	0	10
UCLA F	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	0	20
McGill B	McGill A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa C	McGill E	0	10	0	10
Toronto E	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	Toronto F	0	0	0	0
Toronto A	Toronto C	0	0	0	0
McMaster A	Toronto B	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
Toronto H	Brock A	0	0	0	0
Toronto D	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto I	0	0	0	0
Florida B	Florida A	10	10	0	20
Florida State A	South Florida A	10	10	0	20
UCF A	Florida Tech A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	Louisville A	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State D	Louisville C	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
WVU B	Michigan State D	10	10	0	20
Duke A	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	UNC A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech C	UNC C	10	10	0	20
UNC B	VCU A	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	William & Mary A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary B	William & Mary C	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	JMU B	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Iowa A	10	10	0	20
Illinois Canada	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Iowa B	0	10	0	10
William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	0	10	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
WashU Grolars	Purdue D	10	10	10	30
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Macalester	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Boston College A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Amherst A	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth B	Brown B	10	10	0	20
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
UConn A	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	0	10	0	10
Tufts C	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Washington State	0	10	0	10
British Columbia A	Texas	10	10	0	20
Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia C	Washington Chum	0	10	0	10
Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	0	10
Oklahoma	Murray State College A	10	10	0	20
Tulsa A	Nebraska A	10	10	0	20
Tulsa B	Harding	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell D	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	Rochester	10	10	0	20
ESF	Cornell A	10	10	0	20