POLS 125 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: William Marbury, Appellate Jurisdiction, Plaintext
29 Oct 2020
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Judicial review may be the most powerful tool the federal courts have but it is not mentioned in the constitution: although there is evidence the framers intended courts to have this power. Early in us history the federal courts claimed this power with its first use in 1796 in the. Supreme court case hylton v. united states: a citizen challenged a congressional law imposing direct taxes, which the court ruled was constitutional. By even considering this matter to the court was in effect using its authority to review an act of congress. It was not until 1803 that the court invoked judicial review to strike down legislation that it deemed unconstitutional: this was the scotus case marbury v. madison. With this result, the federalists had lost both the presidential election and their majority in congress. In the chaos and confusion of the adams administration"s last few days the outgoing.
