Judicial Review and the Marshall Court
Professor Jeffrey Sikkenga describes the Marshall Court—that is, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall (served from 1801 to 1835), who, as Chief Justice, established the authority of the Court to declare void laws that violate the U.S. Constitution and to, thus, interpret the Constitution. Sikkenga examines particularly the 1803 case Marbury v. Madison.
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