24 Feb 1803 Jahr - Marbury v Madison

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In an effort to block the Federalist judges appointed by his predecessor, John Adams, President Jefferson ordered Secretary of State James Madison not to deliver their commissions. William Marbury, one of Adams' "midnight appointments," sued for his commission in a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison in 1803. This was John Marshall's, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, first major case which put him in direct conflict with President Jefferson. He ruled that although the Judiciary Act passed by Congress in 1789 gave Marbury the right to his commission, the act also had given to the Court greater power than the Constitution allowed. Therefore, the law was unconstitutional, meaning Marbury would not receive his commission. In doing this, Marshall established the doctrine of judicial review, which meant the Supreme Court would exercise the power to decide whether or not an act of Congress or of the President was allowed by the Constitution.

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