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Article: Narrowing the Nation's Power: The Supreme Court Sides with the States.(Book Review)
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- March 22, 2003
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NARROWING THE NATION'S POWER: THE SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH THE STATES. By John T. Noonan, Jr. (1) University of California Press. 2002. Pp. 203. $24.95.
Two hundred years ago, in 1803, the Supreme Court decided Marbury v. Madison. This seminal case established judicial review of legislation and executive action. It may well be the Supreme Court's most important, celebrated opinion.
The story of Marbury is well known. Chief Justice Marshall, the author of the opinion, was an ardent Federalist from Virginia. The case was born and decided amidst great political turmoil during the transition from John Adams' presidency to Thomas Jefferson's. As Adams' term ...