Question 7 • 26/27 GOVERNMENT
The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the federal court system and included a provision that Marbury’s lawyers believed let the Supreme Court issue a writ of mandamus in his case. That gave Marbury a way to ask the Court to order Secretary of State James Madison to deliver his commission. The act did not itself confirm Marbury’s appointment or declare Madison’s actions unconstitutional.
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