Students of American Constitutional Law learn that Article III, the part of the Constitution that created the Supreme Court, did not actually give the Court the power to review the constitutionality of actions taken by the other two branches of government. This power was derived from the court decision, arguably the most important decision in American history, Marbury v. Madison. Newsweek recently had an interesting story explaining why Marbury is still relevant some 200 years later.
24 May 2009
Why Marbury Still Matters
Students of American Constitutional Law learn that Article III, the part of the Constitution that created the Supreme Court, did not actually give the Court the power to review the constitutionality of actions taken by the other two branches of government. This power was derived from the court decision, arguably the most important decision in American history, Marbury v. Madison. Newsweek recently had an interesting story explaining why Marbury is still relevant some 200 years later.
