Supreme Court History: The Marbury Vs. Madison Case

The Marbury vs Madison case would have to be one of the most important cases in Supreme Court history. The Marbury vs Madison cases was one of the first cases in U.S. history to ever to apply the principle of Judicial review the Judicial review had the power of federal courts to void acts of Congress in conflict with the Constitution , which was written by Chief Justice John Marshall. How it had all started was in 1803 in John Adams last few hours of office John Adams had appointed Marbury and many other judges in his last few hours of office. Republicans argued that these appointments were aimed at maintaining Federalist power. When Thomas Jefferson finally took office he ordered his secretary of states James Maddison to cease the work of