Marbury V. Madison

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Marbury V. Madison
By Cadet Yang
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William marbury

• William Marbury had been appointed a Justice of
  the Peace of the District of Columbia by
  President John Adams under the Judiciary Act of
  1800. When Thomas Jefferson became President in
  1801, Marbury commission had not been delivered,
  and Jefferson refused to have it delivered. James
  Madison, Jefferson's Secretary of State, was the
  person legally designated to deliver the
  commission and he entirely supported Jefferson.

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James Madison

• James Madison's prominence and leadership at the
  Constitutional Convention have earned him the
  title "Father of the Constitution." He was an
  unassuming but confident statesman who,
  financially independent, could devote his
  abundant energies and exceptional intellect to
  public affairs. This commitment was most evident
  in his tireless efforts to protect individual
  liberty through the creation of a strong but
  compassionate central government. He believed
  "that a well-founded commonwealth may be immortal.

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The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme
Court, which dismissed marbury suit, stating that
the court lacked jurisdiction in the case. More
importantly, the Supreme Court declared that a
section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was
unconstitutional. This was the first time that
the Supreme Court declared an act of Congress
invalid, which opened a new role for the court,
eventually gaining for it an important place as
the third, co-equal branch of government, along
with the Congress and the Executive.
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