MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the Supreme Court’s right to declare a law unconstitutional
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the right to vote
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the ability to regulate trade between countries
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the right to pout until you get what you want
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1803, used the case of Marbury v. Madison to establish the Court’s power of judicial review whereby the Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress and signed by the president as unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void.
Detailed explanation-2: -Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) Congress does not have the power to pass laws that override the Constitution, such as by expanding the scope of the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Instead, the Court held that the provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789 enabling Marbury to bring his claim to the Supreme Court was itself unconstitutional, since it purported to extend the Court’s original jurisdiction beyond that which Article III, Section 2, established.
Detailed explanation-4: -With his decision in Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, an important addition to the system of “checks and balances” created to prevent any one branch of the Federal Government from becoming too powerful.