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Marshall avowed that the Supreme Court can and must do that very thing, and in so doing made Marbury vs.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Marshall avowed that the Supreme Court can and must do that very thing, and in so doing made Marbury vs.”
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Beveridge asserts that the Supreme Court has the authority to invalidate congressional acts, a key principle of judicial review.
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