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Date	February 24, 1803
Location	United States

Did You Know?

Chief Justice John Marshall declared that the Judiciary Act of 1789 - which would have allowed the court to issue the writ at stake - was not constitutional and that Congress could not change the U.S. Constitution with regular legislation; thus, the Act was invalid.
Thomas Jefferson declared in letters that the decision in Marbury v. Madison and the concept of judicial review were unconstitutional and not actually law.

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Marshall, John

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