Little v. Barreme: SCOTUS Finds that the POTUS does not have “Inherent Authority” or “Inherent Powers” that Allow him to Ignore a Law Passed by the US Congress
Many people know the first Supreme Court decision to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional (It's Marbury, of course), but few people could identify the Court's first decision declaring Executive Branch action to be unconstitutional. Little v Barreme (1804), called the Flying Fish case, involved an order by President John Adams, issued in 1799 during our brief war with France, authorizing the Navy to seize ships ...
