Thursday, October 9, 2008

Marbury v. Madison

Read the following link, Marbury v. Madison. It will only take about 5 minutes and another 5 to write a short summary and list some questions and comments. Feel free to ask any questions about the case and comment on the case, as well as, each others' blogs.

19 comments:

Tyler Haaland said...

This was an important case because it formed the basis for the excercise of judicial review. This is pretty important because now the government can review the bodies of government that change and make laws.

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Richard said...

The case of Marbury v. Madison was about weather or not Madison should have given the commissions to Marbury. The result was that the court stated that Madison should have given Marbury the commissions but also they decided that the act that gave the Supreme court to issue writs of mandamus exceeded the power given to the courts by article III. so in this case everyting was null and void.

Anonymous said...

William Marbury was appointed to the Supreme Court at the end of Adam's term. Jefferson took over as president before Marbury formally was commissioned so Marbury lost the job. Marbury then sued the Secretary of State James Madison for a writ of mandamus (an order that would force Jefferson to appoint Marbury). The Supreme Court ruled the Judicary Act of 1789 (gave the Supreme Court the right to issue writs of mandamus) was unconstitutional. Therefore the court case was dismissed. This decision was the first example of judical review in American history.

Anonymous said...

Marbury vs. Madison was a court case on whether Madison should have been able to give the commission to Marbury. Marbury lost his job because Jefferson became president before Marbury was official into office. In the end they ruled the case unconstitutional and it was dropped.

Kelsey M. said...

Marbury wanted Madison to deliver commissions to him. They said Madison was to pay his commissions but the court was ruled unconstitutional. They dismissed the case and this created judicial review.

Taylor S. Armstrong said...

Marbury vs. Madison was a case about giving commissions to Marbury. Either way the case would be a denial of basic principle of the supremecy of the law. The importance of this is the assuption of several powers by the Supreme Court.

karlen said...

Marbury vs. Madison this court case was about madison should have to give madison commissions or not. This was a very important court case is because now the government can look into payrolls and decifer wether or not people get paid.

Bradley Jung said...

The case was all based on weather or not to include judicial review. Maurbery got mad due to losing his job due to Jefferson taking over the president. And then he took it to the supreme court and this was the first act of Judicial review.

streckfuss said...

This court case was about whether or not madison should be able to give commission to marbury. It was the first example of Judicial review. The governmetn can check the bodies of the government that change and make laws.

jacob ochsner said...

This was a very important case. The way the judge dealt with it both increased judiciary power and make everyone happy. This dicision helped establish judiciary review.

Anonymous said...

This case was important because it was the first case of judicial review. The judicial branch could review the cases and see if they are constitutional. They saw that issuing writs of mandamus was unconstitutional and so the case was thrown out.

kelseyr. said...

Marbury vs. Madison was a very vital case. It was over whether Madison should give commissions to Marbury. It resulted in the court stating that Madison should give Marbury the commission but they also decided that the act that the Supreme court to issue writs of madamus exceedd the power given to the courts. It explained tihs in article III.

Washington Irving said...

This was an important case because it was the first time judiciary review was a really big deal. Marbury wanted to sue the court and get his job from Jefferson, but it turned out that he couldn't do that even though he was appointed already so he didn't get the job. It set he precident for judges and administrations to follow on how to appoint judges.

bertsch said...

Marbury was part of the supreme court and when Jefferson took office Marbury didn't get paid. They reviewed it and it was unconstitutional and was dropped.

Mindy said...

This was very important because it was about whether Madison should give commissions to Marbury. In the end, the court said the Madison should've given Marbury comissions. This was all an example of judicial review

mark radtke said...

This was important because it started judicial review.William Marbury was appointed to the Supreme Court at the end of Adam's term.Jefferson took over as president before Marbury formally was commissioned so Marbury lost the job.

Cassi_Likness said...

Washington and Adams were members of the federalist Party. The Federalist dominated Judiciary. The Marbury v. Madison is one of seveal powers by the Supreme Court.

tara said...

This formed judicial review which was very important at this time. Judicial Review is being able to review the laws and are able to change them at the same time.