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Marbury v Madison
5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
Key Principle
The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional; it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.
Area of Law
constitutional
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