Thomas Jefferson won the election against John Adams.
Your new president is... Thomas Jefferson!
Before leaving office, John Adams appointed federalist judges.
You all are going to become judges for the District of Columbia Court.
If you keep hiding our commissions I shall sue you Madison!
Thomas Jefferson told his secretary of state, James Madison, to hide the commissions from the judges.
Not so fast... The supreme court doesn't have the power to force Madison to give Marbury's commission.
John Marshall makes a decision for the Marbury vs. Madison case
So I get my commission?!
Marbury you have the right to receive commission and you have the right to remedy.
I hereby declare congress unconstitutional!
For the first time ever in history congress was unconstitutional
We will be creating a new system called judicial review. Judicial review is the courts of a country examining the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative branches to determine whether actions are constitutional.
Setting up judicial review
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