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.
I’m surprised that the Constitution didn’t come with a mechanism of enforcing compliance to itself built in. Many other countries, whose founders had the luxury of hindsight, have a constitutional court for exactly this purpose written into their constitution.