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.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOP
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    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.