Marbury Vs. Madison: Judicial Review

Marbury vs Madison Reflection
A judicial review is one of the checks and balance in the separation of power that the Supreme Court use to review and declare whether the actions of the other branches of government are constitutional or not. It was a key element during the 1803 Supreme Court case Marbury vs Madison when Williams Marbury demanded that he is to be seated as Justice of Peace in the District of Columbia that he was promised, that James Madison denied him of.
It was an important case as it was the first that used the judicial review that would allow the Supreme Court to exercise their right to use their power to check laws from the higher power and strike them down if they find that they are unconstitutional, thus making them equal branch to them. In the end the court, led by John Marshall, rule that Madison could not be forced to seat Marbury as it was. The outcome of the case was divided by both the Federalists and Republicans parties and since then it’s goes down in American history as the Supreme Court’s most crucial court case.

Thomas Jefferson has an important role, as the newly elected president, he was the first Republican to be in office, until then it had always been the federalists, and as president, he along with Madison disapproves of the justices signed by the last president John Adams, as they were all Federalist and it was a jab at Jefferson for winning the election. It was he who gave the order to Madison. Chief Justice Marshall is another, as he review the case closely, and argue whether it is constitutional or