Question

What was the significance of the supreme court's ruling in the marbury vs. madison case

Answer 1

Marbury v. Madison, arguably the most important case in Supreme Court history, was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the principle of "judicial review" -- the power of federal courts to void acts of Congress in conflict with the Constitution.

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Answer 2

The actual decision of the Court—that the Court could not issue the writ in Marbury’s favor—was not highly significant. However, Marshall used the circumstances of the case to establish the authority of the Supreme Court to strike down unconstitutional laws. Marshall also used the opinion to explain why the Court must have this power. According to Marshall: “Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void.”

Answer 3

Marshall declared that it was “emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” Furthermore, if two laws conflict, the courts must decide how those laws interact. When a law and the Constitution both apply to a case and they conflict, the courts must determine which of the conflicting rules governs the case. Because the Constitution is “superior to any ordinary act of the legislature,” the Constitution must prevail. In other words, the Court was obligated to reject any law that violated the Constitution.

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Marbury v. Madison, arguably the most important case in Supreme Court history, was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the principle of "judicial review" -- the power of federal courts to void acts of Congress in conflict with the Constitution.

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