Marbury v. Madison is a landmark case in United States law, the basis for the exercise of judicial review of Federal statutes by the United States Supreme Court as a constitutional power. The Court ruled that it had the power to declare void a statute which it considered revolting to the United States Constitution. Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the case, and used the case to legally establish the right of the judicial branch …showed first 75 words of 808 total…

…showed last 75 words of 808 total…the judge's oath requiring them to uphold the Constitution, and to the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which lists the "Constitution" before the "laws of the United States." Part of the core of this reasoning is found in the following statements from the decision. As Chief Justice Marshall, embodied the majesty of the judicial branch of the government as fully as the President of the United States stood for the power of the Executive Branch.