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In Marbury v Masdison Chief Justice Marshall established the concept of Juducial Review. He pretty much usurped this authority and spun Judicial Review out of whole cloth.
But .... having invented the power, Marshall first used it to side with the then-current Jefferson admistration. So, the Jeffersonians had a quandry ... object to the line of reasoning that contributed to their winning the case, or sitting down and shutting up. They chose the later, and precedent for Judicial Review was established. Not by law and not under the Constitution ... but by a more or less naked power grab by the Chief Justice.
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