"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each." — Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Marshall's reasoning in Marbury most directly contributed to which long-term development?
- Acheck_circle
The Supreme Court's role as a coequal branch of government
- B
The expansion of executive war powers
- C
The codification of the cabinet system
- D
The creation of the federal civil service
Explanation
By asserting the Court's authority to invalidate unconstitutional legislation, Marshall established the judiciary as a genuine coequal branch capable of checking Congress and the executive.