In Marbury, the Supreme Courttook the power to declare that laws passed by Congress were null and void if they (in the Court'sopinion) violated the Constitution. The significance of Marbury v.Madison is that the ruling in thatcase gave the Supreme Court of the United States the power of judicial review.
In telling the history of the United States and also of the nations of the Western Hemisphere in general, historians have wrestled with the problem of what to call the hemisphere's first inhabitants. Under the mistaken impression he had reached the “Indies,” explorer Christopher Columbus called the people he met “Indians.” This was an error in identification that has persisted for more than five hundred years, for the inhabitants of North and South America had no collective name by which they called themselves.
Historians, anthropologists, and political activists have offered various names, none fully satisfactory. Anthropologists have used “aborigine,” but the term suggests a primitive level of existence inconsistent with the cultural level of many tribes. Another term, “Amerindian,” which combines Columbus's error with the name of another Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci (whose name was the source of “America”), lacks any historical context. Since the 1960s, “Native American” has come into popular favor, though some activists prefer “American Indian.” In the absence of a truly representative term, descriptive references such as “native peoples” or “indigenous peoples,” though vague, avoid European influence. In recent years, some argument has developed over whether to refer to tribes in the singular or plural—Apache or Apaches—with supporters on both sides demanding political correctness.
He pointed out that the Articles of Confederation had weaknesses.
The Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were:
<span>Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size Congress didn't have the power to tax, or to regulate foreign and interstate commerce There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress There was no national court system. Amendments to the Articles of Confederation required a unanimous vote<span>. Laws required a 9/13 majority to pass in Congress</span></span>
something that is rare or not commonly available.
