Marbury vs. Madison and judicial review.

In 1800, President John Adams lost his bid for re-election. Thomas Jefferson was voted in for the president. Adams, being a Federalist, disagreed with the beliefs of Jefferson, a republican, and feared that he would shift the power in the government to the states. To prevent this, Adams created many new judicial posts and filled them with Federalists. He did this in quite a rush, being he was going to be out of office soon. All …showed first 75 words of 462 total…

…showed last 75 words of 462 total…Civil War, was named Judicial Review. Judicial Review is the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the Constitution. This is considered by many to be the most important Supreme Court decision ever. A day not as famous as July 4th but is right behind it, in being one of the most important days this country has had in regards to its government.