President and Founder James Madison
John Marshall's 1803 decision gave
the courts the privilege of 'judicial review' in order to undo
'errors' of law and/or governance made by the legislative or
executive branches. Errors of the judiciary can be rectified
only by impeachment - which President Jefferson tried to do,
unsuccessfully, in the case of a particularly rabid Federalist
justice, Samuel Chase.
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