Ed Huntress wrote:
You have to know Marbury if you want to understand how it is that the
Supreme Court gets to decide the constitutionality of laws. It isn't in the
Constitution itself. The Supreme Court decided it had the power in that
famous case.

It's a vitally important part of American constitutional history.

It *is* interesting that it happened that way. What is vitally
important, though, is that the court does have the power. I would give
a student 90% for knowing that the court has the power to decide
constitutionality and the other 10% if he knew it was because of
Marbury. That's my perspective.

Bob