In a short summary, what is the marbury v, madison case about?

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Marbury v. Madison involved the issue of the Presidentialappointment power. Marbury was a last minute appointment by John Adams,the outgoing preseident, as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia. The incoming president, Jefferson, told his Secretary of State, Madison, to ignor e the appointment. Using a law passed by a Federalist congress, Marbury tried to issue a writ of Mandamus againdst Madison. it went upo to the Supreme Court,which was then led by Federalist and Adams appointee, John Marshall.
Jefferson thought he had trapped Marshall, since if he decided aghainst Marbury, it would make Adams look bad, while if he decided against Jefferson, it would look like a purely political decison.
Marshall, however out foxed Jefferson., Thinking "outside the box" he issued an opinion against Marbury, but which at the same time, sternly lectured Jefferson on his misconduct. Even more importat, however, was the basis for Marshalls decison. He argued that the Federalist congress had acted unconstitutionally in giving the court the power to issue a writ of mandamus. In doing so, he actually increased the Courts power, by giving it the power of Judicial review..the power to declare acts of congress unconstitutional.In short, Marshall lost the battle, but won the war.

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In a short summary, what is the marbury v, madison case about?

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Marbury v. Madison, landmark court case of 1803 in which the Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to review and invalidate government actions that conflict with the Constitution of the United States. In Marbury, Chief Justice John Marshall, speaking for a unanimous Court, expressed for the first time the concept of judicial review at the federal level. Although the Court’s decision concerned only a minor provision of a federal law, the case is monumentally significant because it was the first time that the Supreme Court declared an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. Equally significant was Marshall’s reasoning in the case.

Today Marbury is generally considered to be the most important early U.S. Supreme Court decision and the leading precedent for the idea that the Court has the power—and the duty—to strike down acts of Congress that violate the Constitution. While central to modern jurisprudence, the case involved a rather technical set of facts and an issue of relatively minor importance.
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Marbury took Madison to court.

Madison Won.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison