Supreme Court Cases

Through the Constitution, there is clear evidence of how the Supreme Court is organized, how they are given the jurisdiction to hear cases, and what powers are given to them. We see first how the law of DOMA was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court against Congress. DOMA was unconstitutional because of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which states that "judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and such inferior Courts". To expand on this subject, this is changed when the case Marbury v. Madison takes place. In the Marbury v. Madison case, where judicial review came from (the Judiciary Act decided how many people would be in Supreme Court, and the court system underneath them), Supreme Court declared the Judiciary Act …show more content…
Madison case in more detail discusses that of an election that pins the Federalists (the majority party) against the Democratic Republic (the minority party). At this time, Federalists were against the election of Jefferson because of his party and their decisions for property distribution. To the Federalists' dismay, Jefferson took office, which meant that John Marshal (previous Secretary of State for Adams) would leave office. Marshal decides to offer the job to Marbury but Marshal only told Marbury verbally that he had to sign a contract to formally have the job, but later discovered it was not delivered. James Madison is appointed new Secretary of State by Jefferson and throws away the contract. Marbury, indignant and job-hungry, appeals to the Supreme Court to force Madison to give him the job he thinks he is owed. The Supreme Court ruled that Marbury is entitled to his contract and what Madison did is illegal, but they also rule that the court has no power to force Madison to give him the contract, thanks to original jurisdiction. The judiciary act gave them original jurisdiction power over low civil service and how it’s not in the constitution, so the Supreme Court rules it