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James Madison, writing in Federalist 14 in 1787, said, "(T)he general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all members of the republic, but which are not attained by the separate provisions of any."

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The judge also offered four Supreme Court rulings that he called the "great moments in American judicial history": Marbury v. Madison, in which the judiciary claimed powers to decide constitutionality of laws; Youngstown Steel, in which the court laid out rules for fights between Congress and the presidency; Brown v. Board of Education, which overturned segregation; and U.S. v. Nixon, in which the court ordered the president to comply with a subpoena for Oval Office tapes.

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