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Outgoing President John Adams had issued William Marbury a commission as justice of the peace, but the new President, Thomas Jefferson, found the paperwork before it could be delivered (contrary to popular belief, Madison wasn't yet in Washington when the incident occurred). Marbury then sued to obtain it.
With his decision in Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall affirmed the principle of judicial review, an important principle in the system of "checks and balances" designed to prevent any one branch of the Federal Government from becoming too powerful.
"A Law repugnant to the Constitution is void." With these words written by Chief Justice Marshall, the Supreme Court for the first time declared unconstitutional a law passed by Congress and signed by the President. Nothing in the Constitution gave the Court this specific power, but judicial review was the norm under British common law and probably an intended function of the Judicial Branch.
Case Citation:
Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803)
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∙ 11y agoThe case of Marbury v Madison was a case where in the last night of his term John Adams had appointed a number of judges but, due to his being replaced by Jefferson the following day, had been unable to deliver the appointments. Jefferson's vice president, James Madison, was supposed to deliver them, but he failed to do so. One of the appointees, Mr. William Marbury, sued directly to the Supreme Court, because a recently passed law allowed him to do so. The verdict was that although Marbury should have gotten the appointment, he lost the case because the law that allowed him to sue directly to the Supreme Court was unconstitutional. IN this case, Chief Justice John Marshall established judicial review, or teh Supreme Court's right to throw out unconstitutional laws.
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Why was Marbury vs Madison important an important US Supreme Court case?
Marbury v Madison, (1803) is credited with being the case in which Chief Justice John Marshall formally established the Judicial Branch's (specifically, the US Supreme Court's) right of judicial review.The doctrine of judicial review is the authority of a court to evaluate the constitutionality of a law, executive order, treaty or policy relevant to a case under review. If the law is determined to be in conflict with constitutional principles, the Court can nullify the law and render it unenforceable.In Marbury, Chief Justice Marshall declared Congress has overstepped its constitutional authority when it attempted to expand the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction by empowering the Court to issue writs of mandamus (a court order compelling an official action) against government officials.Since the Constitution did not expressly state the Supreme Court had original jurisdiction, Marshall reasoned the Court could only issue those writs under its appellate jurisdiction (on appeal, after another court had ruled first). As a result, Marshall overturned as unconstitutional Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789.This was the first time the Supreme Court declared an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Judicial review gave the Court a means of checking the power of the Legislative and Executive Branches of government, and elevated the Judicial Branch to a co-equal status in government.Case Citation:Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803)
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