As a Texan, I am proud of my stateâs football heritage. Year in and year out, great Texas high school football players pop up in both the big cities and the small towns across our state. The same can be said for California (which produces more NFL players than any other state) and Florida.
Marbury v. Madison was a court case that established the U.S. Supreme Court's power of judicial review. It did so because an act of Congress attempted to give the U.S. Supreme Court more authority than it rightfully had according to the U.S. Constitution, which was the supreme law of the land.
The Marshall Court changed this perception in Marbury v. Madison. The case's critical issue was whether the court had the power to assert a constitutional check on... One of the most profound impacts of the Marshall Court was in its emphasis of the Supreme Court's power in Marbury v. Madison. Prior to the Marshall Court, framers of the Constitution like Alexander Hamilton considered the Supreme Court part of the least important branch of government.