The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 41

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"The question,whether an act,repugnant to the constitution,can become the law of the land,is a question deeply interesting to the United States,but,happily,not of an intimacy proportioned to its interest.It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles,supposed to have been long and well established to decide it… Thus,the particular phraseology of the constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle,supposed to be essential to all written constitutions,that a law repugnant to the constitution is void;and that courts,as well as other departments,are bound by that instrument…"
Chief Justice John Marshall,1803
-Which of the following best explains the significance of decisions like this one?

• A) They limited the national government's authority to respond to economic issues.
• B) They established the supremacy of federal laws over state laws.
• C) They opened the door for the abolition of slavery.
• D) They limited the extension of property rights.

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