Author Question: How did the decision in Marbury v. Madison affect the power of the Supreme Court? A) It reduced ... (Read 138 times)

gbarreiro · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

How did the decision in Marbury v. Madison affect the power of the Supreme Court?

A) It reduced the power of the Court tenfold.
B) It potentially expanded the power of the Court to equal or exceed the power of other branches of government.
C) It made the Court as powerful as Congress.
D) It helped the Supreme Court supercede the power of all states and local courts.
E) It did not have any affect on the power of the Court because the Constitution is the final law.

Question 2

Which justice famously wrote in the Marbury v. Madison decision, It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is?

A) Thomas Jefferson
B) John Jay
C) Oliver Ellsworth
D) John Marshall
E) James Madison