Question

Identify the author of the following primary source quote: "The Constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as Congress shall, form time to time, ordain and establish . . ."

Answer 1

Chief Justice John Marshall who wrote the majority opinion of the case Marbury v. Madison (1803). This was a Supreme Court case that established the idea of judicial review.

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Answer 2

John Marshall

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This quote belongs to Chief Justice John Marshall who wrote the majority opinion of the case Marbury v. Madison (1803). This was a Supreme Court case that established the idea of judicial review. What this meant for the nation is that courts now had the power to strike down laws, statutes and government actions that went against the laws of the Constitution.