If the decision goes his way, as it did when the Supreme Court ruled ... foundational cases in American constitutional law, Marbury v. Madison, in which the Supreme Court established the principle ...

Madison 5 U.S. 137 (1803), meaning the judicial ... as its jurisdiction was only on appeal. Marbury did not prevail. Marshall, writing the opinion for the court, presented three questions ...

If the decision goes his way, as it did when the Supreme Court ruled ... foundational cases in American constitutional law, Marbury v. Madison, in which the Supreme Court established the principle ...

Where did it all begin? In 1803 ... of the judicial department to say what the law is,” Marshall wrote in Marbury v. Madison. The notion goes back even further, to England, when the courts ...

Marbury v. Madison, in which the Supreme Court established the principle that the courts are the final arbiters of the law. Here are some questions and answers about the judiciary’s role in American ...