Packet 23: Bonus 18
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
<Editors, American History> | Packet I
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91 | 16.59 | 95% | 68% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandeis Bach | Boston University A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Brown A | Amherst A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Dartmouth B | Brown B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| MIT A | Boston College A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Tufts C | Amherst B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UConn A | Tufts B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Vermont B | Dartmouth A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Williams B | Brandeis Mozart | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 8 | 8.75 | 50% | 25% | 13% |
| Florida | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 18.18 | 100% | 82% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |