On today's podcast, we learn how Chief Justice John Marshall justified the Supreme Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress.

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William Marbury thought he had a right to a job given to him by John Adams. The Supreme Court agreed. But then it did something that would firmly establish its power of judicial review.

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Today's podcast describes judicial review and gives an example of how it works.

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Today's episode covers a big topic, the power to decide what the Constitution means and whether laws and actions of government violate the Constitution.

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Tired of partisan bickering? On today's podcast, we learn about three ways that political parties are useful to our nation.

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Despite the bitterness of the presidential contest between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the election of 1800 marked a milestone in the history of democratic rule.

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By the election of 1796, there was serious hostility between the Federalists and the Republicans. The Alien and Sedition Acts outraged the Republicans.

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John Jay negotiated a treaty with the British that was deeply unpopular with Americans.

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In 1793, war broke out between France and Great Britain, raising the level of tension between the Federalists, who sought closer ties with the British, and the Republicans, who sought closer ties with the French.

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Alexander Hamilton advised President George Washington that the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution gave government the power to create a Bank of the United States. Thomas Jefferson disagreed. Eventually, Washington decided in favor of Hamilton.

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