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- Before I, John Adams, go out of office, I want to appoint more federalist judges including William Marbury to make sure everything goes smoothly.
- I'm so mad that I, William Marbury, can't get my commission to start my job as a judge! I'm going to bring the secretary of state James Madison to the Supreme Court because I want to know why I can't start my job.
- I'm going to sew the secretary of state, you, James Madison, for not giving me my commission. You've been summoned to the Supreme Court today because there should be no reason why I can't start my job after I worked hard for it and I've already been appointed to be a judge!
- In conclusion to the matter, the supreme court and I, the chief justice John Marshall, conclude that the supreme court doesn't have the power to make James Madison hand over the commission of William Marbury.
- One significant outcome of my case is that the Supreme court rejected the Judiciary Act of 1789. The act established the judicial courts of the United States. They thought section 13 of that act violated the Constitution because it gave the courts power that the Constitution said it shouldn't have. Now days, whenever the Constitution and Congress are in conflict, the Supreme Court would turn to the Constitution. This is called Judicial Review.
- Another outcome of the case is that after all of this happened, the Supreme Court staked out it's claim to be an equal branch of government after it relinquished the powers it had been given in 1789. The Supreme Court didn't declare another act of Congress unconstitutional until 1857, which means they use their power sparingly.
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