Question

Study the quote, and then answer the question that follows: “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” The quote is from and reflects the main idea of the Supreme Court case D.C. v. Heller Plessy v. Ferguson Marbury v. Madison Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 1

Answer: Marbury v. Madison

Marbury v. Madison was a United States Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States. This meant that the courts had the power to eliminate laws that oppose the Constitution. This is considered the most important decision in American constitutional law. The main idea of the case was that the Constitution did in fact represent a "law" that we have to adhere to, as opposed to a collection of political principles.