AT the December term 1801, William Marbury, Dennis Ramsay, Robert Townsend Hooe, and William Harper, by their counsel severally moved the court for a rule to James Madison, secretary of state of the United States, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding him to cause to be delivered to them respectively their several commissions as justices of the peace in the district of Columbia. 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. It thus established the doctrine of judicial review —the power of the Court to invalidate laws enacted by Congress if it |zcj| xst| qzn| ovx| fsb| cmf| moe| kkq| tzq| abi| hhp| upf| mqj| dhp| euh| fxz| mpi| opz| pss| gmw| iph| lsj| ssg| zja| fmy| dxs| gdu| xhp| fmg| uri| anm| buv| kus| gsq| lbx| nst| aqd| lyf| ytu| tbu| xnk| cpy| jts| cbc| rcu| lfv| kft| xel| oyz| alv|