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In the U.S. Supreme Court, the power of judicial review gives the court the ability to at least pronounce that a law passed by the legislature does not comply with the Constitution. First begun with Marbury v. Madison, (1803) the Supreme Court can invalidate a legislative action purely based on the Court's opinion of what the Constitution requires.

Judicial review expanded the power of the Supreme Court because it gave them the power to declare laws passed by Congress (or in the case of a State Supreme Court, laws passed by a state legislature) to be unconstitutional - that's a huge power to have.

While the framers clearly intended the Supreme Court to have the power to declare laws passed by the states to be unconstitutional, they never said anything about federal judicial review - the debate concerning that has been going on for quite some time). That said, Marshall was able to pull off an incredible victory from what appeared to be certain defeat. This was largely due the Chief Justice's brillant interpretation of the Constitution, and the role of the courts.

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