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.
Marbury v. Madison (1803). The Supreme Court case that established the power of judicial review. (Read the opinion here). During President John Adamsâ lame duck session of his presidency, he appointed Marbury as a justice of the peace and signed the commission.