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'Corey Salva Mr. Vieira APUSH 10/15/10 Marbury vs. capital of Wisconsin In 1803, a single slick managed to change how Americas government would be run forever. In John Adams last few days as president, he appointed a small theme of Federalists into power. When Thomas Jefferson was elected into office, and he told James capital of Wisconsin to non bring the commissions to an appointed â€Å"midnight judge” named William Marbury. This gave the saucily appointed Chief Justice, John marshall, a with child(p) opportunity to spread his Federalist influence deeper into the American government.When Marbury build out that his commission was being held back by Madison, he sued for its kip downy. This event brought about the national of Marbury vs. Madison. Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme tourist court stated something â€Å"unconstitutional”, and returned the concept of judicial check into in the U. S. (the idea that courts may oversee and debar the actions of another branch of government). The landmark decision helped put the â€Å"checks and balances” of the American form of government. This case influenced how the government would establish laws forever.The biggest issue in the case was whether or not the commission could be forced on its delivery. The biggest questions of the case were: does Article III of the Constitution create a â€Å"floor” for passkey jurisdiction, which relation can ply to, or does it create an exhaustive list that Congress cant condition at all? If Article IIIs original jurisdiction is an exhaustive list, but Congress tries to modify it anyway, who wins that conflict, Congress or the Constitution? Most importantly, who is speculate to decide who wins?On February 24, 1803, the Court rendered a square (4-0) decision, that Marbury had a right to his commission, but Congress did not have the power to force Madison to deliver it. This seemed like a loss for the Federalist people in the government, but in fact, it changed how the government would work forever. Marshall was enable to enact Judicial Review, which gave the Supreme Court the ability to determine whether a law passed by Congress was constitutional or not. This was extremely important in Americas government, for this is still in use today. Marbury was neer appointed a Justice of Peace in the District of Columbia.\r\n'