It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

The quote comes from Marbury v. Madison and describes the judiciary’s role in interpreting the law. The Court reasoned that judges must decide whether laws or government actions are constitutional when resolving cases. The Court actually ruled part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional, so choice C has the outcome backward.

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