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5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)

Supreme Court of the United States · 1803 · United States

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Established judicial review of federal legislation: it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is.

Constitutional lawJudicial reviewSeparation of powers