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  2. Sep 11, 2024 · Marbury v. Madison is important because it established the power of judicial review for the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts with respect to the Constitution and eventually for parallel state courts with respect to state constitutions.

  3. Dec 2, 2009 · Marbury v. Madison (1803) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the court's power to overturn an act of Congress that violated the Constitution. The case also affirmed the principle of judicial review, which gave the court the authority to interpret the law and limit the powers of other branches of government.

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  4. Marbury v. Madison is important because it established the power of judicial review for the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts with respect to the Constitution and eventually for parallel state courts with respect to state constitutions.

  5. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Marbury v. Madison decision of 1803 was one of the most important decisions in the Court’s history. This decision was the first in which the Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional.

  6. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.

  7. Dec 13, 2023 · Marbury v. Madison (1803) was a landmark Supreme Court case in which Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, granting the Supreme Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.

  8. Although the Supreme Court held that it could not provide a remedy for Marbury’s claim because the relevant part of the Judiciary Act was unconstitutional, the Court’s decision in Marbury confirmed the principle of judicial review—that the Court has the power to declare laws unconstitutional.