We had just gained our independence and we were learning how to be independent. The Federalist party was very big in government and the entire court was Federalist and they were a major political party in the early years of the U.S. favoring a strong centralized national government. The ruling showed unity between the branches because it was President Jefferson’s right not to appoint Marbury to the position but if they would have gone against the president that ruling would have stood for everything they were against. That ruling for Marbury would have made the Branches look unified and that is against everything federalist stand
We had just gained our independence and we were learning how to be independent. The Federalist party was very big in government and the entire court was Federalist and they were a major political party in the early years of the U.S. favoring a strong centralized national government. The ruling showed unity between the branches because it was President Jefferson’s right not to appoint Marbury to the position but if they would have gone against the president that ruling would have stood for everything they were against. That ruling for Marbury would have made the Branches look unified and that is against everything federalist stand