Marbury V. Madison

Contributor(s): Randolph, Ryan P (Author)

ISBN: 9780823940349

Publisher: Rosen Young Adult

$27.10

Pub Date: August 1, 2003

Dewey: 347.7312

LCCN: 2002154615

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: 10 to 13

Physical Info: 0.32" H x 8.94" L x 7.20" W ( 0.60 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Law and Crime | History | United States 19th Century

Series: Life in the New American Nation

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000073023 ( Marbury V. Madison)

Reading level: 6.40

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: After the election of 1800, many of the judgeships that had been promised by the previous administration were left vacant. William Marbury sued the Secretary of State to force him to deliver his commission. The new Chief Justice Marshall understood that any decision made in this case could be seen as a denial of the basic principle of the supremacy of the law. His ultimate decision in the case has been hailed as a judicial tour de force.

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