During the case of Marbury v. Madison, Marshall ruled in favor of Madison, yet kept a grip upon the federalist view by deeming that no action shall be made outside the ruling of the constitution. "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is." This quote secured the authority of the supreme court in our national government.
Our court has faced several tribulations over the past 200 years, including the issues of slavery, including Dred Scott which would be forever changed by the Civil War. The enactment of the fourteenth amendment brought a new era of liberties for the American people - this act of viewing all peoples as equal influences the civil rights movements then and present day.
During interviews with present day justices, they confess that the court has seen much growth over the centuries; they have the access of the wisdom and failures of previous justices whereas the former did not - by trial and error the road to liberty has exponentially increased and will continue to influence our nations future.
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