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The Federal Court System
Chapter 18 Sections 3 and 4

I. The Supreme Court
A. The supreme court of the United States is the only court specifically created in the constitution
a. Chief Justice of the United States
b. Eight associate justices
II. Judicial Review
A. 1st asserted its power of judicial review in the classic case of Marbury vs. Madison in 1803
a. aftermath of the stormy election of 1800
b. Provision of the Judicial Act of 1789, in which congress had created the federal court system. Law gave the Supreme Court the right to hear such suits in its original jurisdiction (not on appeal from a lower court).
1. Court Refused Request
B. Marshall's powerful opinion
a. The constitution is, by its own terms, the supreme law of the land
b. All legislative enactments, and all other actions of the government, are subordinate to and cannot be allowed to conflict with the supreme law
c. Judges are sworn to enforce the provisions of the Constitution and therefore must......

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