Marbury v. Madison Quiz

Who won the presidential election of 1800?

• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• John Marshall
• William Marbury

What did Jefferson do when he saw the appointments on his desk?

• He refused to send them to be ratified by the Senate.
• He send them to be ratified by the Senate.
• He erased the names and put names of friends and relatives instead.
• He never had appointments on his desk.

Who was Jefferson's Secretary of State (he was later a president)?

• James Madison
• John Adams
• Aaron Burr
• William Marbury

Who was promised to be a judge (a justice of the piece, actually) and sued Jefferson in order become one?

• William Marbury
• John Marshall
• John Roberts
• Dan Vergo

In what year did Congress pass the Judiciary Act which allowed people to go straight to the Supreme Court in lawsuits?

• 1789
• 1790
• 1776
• 1800

Did the Supreme Court agree that the plaintiff should become a judge?

• Yes
• No

What else did the Supreme Court say in it's ruling (majority opinion)

• That it could not hear certain kind of cases because the Constitution does say they can so that part of the Judiciary Act is Unconstitutional.
• Jefferson sucks
• That the plaintiff can be instated as a judge immediately.
• Nothing else, because they can only rule on one thing at a time.

Marbury v. Madison gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review. What ISN'T included in the power of judicial review?

• The ability to create lower courts and to decide which judges hear what cases in those lower courts.
• The ability to interpret the Constitution and decide what it means.
• The ability to stop the executive and legislative branches from doing things that go against the Constitution.
• Nothing else, because they can only rule on one thing at a time.