Mackenzie Pierce Professor Richey GOVT 2305 30 October 2016 Supreme Court The Supreme Court is a vital piece of the United States’ government. From making court case decisions to checking the powers of the Judicial and Executive Branches, these justices are important in a way that not many others are. Their interpretation of the Constitution is considered the supreme law of the United States. Every action of the Supreme Court will have an everlasting impression on our country, so it is important that we, as U.S. citizens, are aware of the importance of our future president’s Supreme Court Justices choices. Although a president’s term is temporary, Supreme Court’s terms are not (). In the beginning, the Constitution didn’t include the Supreme Court or Judicial Branch, so Court Justices and Congress established the Federal Judiciary, which later passed the first bill of the United States. Originally, the Supreme Court …show more content…
Marbury was decided and judicial review was established. For the first time ever, the “court [could] declare an act of Congress void if it [was] inconsistent with the Constitution” (). An issue occurred when James Madison, secretary of state, was given orders to not send Marbury, an appointee, his commission. Marbury and three others demanded a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court for the incident in order to understand why they should not receive their commission. However, Chief Justice John Marshall didn’t follow through because he felt the Constitution didn’t grant the Supreme Court the power to do this, even though the Judiciary Act of 1789 did. Marshall realized that Congress had exceeded its power and, according to the Constitution, the decision was left to the Courts (). This inconsistency led to judicial review, which not only emphasized the Supreme Court’s power to be the final interpreter of the Constitution and “supreme law of the land”, but made the government recognize the Judicial Branch as equal and necessary