Supreme Court Case Summary

The landmark United States Supreme Court case, Marbury v. Madison, is arguably the most important case in Supreme Court history. This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the term judicial review as “a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional.” In this essay I will give a brief summary of the case, explain the important concept from the case, and how this concept impacts government today.
In 1800, an election was held and Thomas Jefferson, a Republican, was elected. As a result, former president John Adams, a Federalist, decided to appoint fifty-eight Federalist judges