Wikipedia says
Marbury is regarded as the single most important decision in American constitutional law. It established that the U.S. Constitution is actually law, not merely a statement of political principles and ideals.
Wikipedia says
Marbury is regarded as the single most important decision in American constitutional law. It established that the U.S. Constitution is actually law, not merely a statement of political principles and ideals.
Not really. Effectively, the Court is checked by their legitimacy. They need the public to believe that their rulings matter, because they don’t have their own enforcement mechanisms. We saw this actually play out in Worcester v. Georgia. The Court can rule how it likes, but without public buy-in they’ll be told to pound sand.
That’s why they’re actually concerned about how they appear to the public and which way the political winds are blowing. If they go too far and do something truly radical, like repeal the Constitution, they’d be ignored. Or killed.