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Article: Marbury v. Madison: bicentennial of a landmark decision. (Looking at the Law).
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- Social Education
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- November 1, 2002
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The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten, the constitution is written. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing; if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?
--Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison (1803)
THE YEAR 2003 will mark the bicentennial year of Marbury v. Madison, one of the most influential opinions of the United States Supreme Court. Authored by Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison affirmed the Court's power of judicial review--its ability to review congressional and ...