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Ep. 2253 The Real Thomas Jefferson

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Jefferson's Decision to Not Deliver the Commission

In Marbury versus Madison, Chief Justice Marshall said that all that were necessary for testing a federal judge was to name the person in the Senate who should give its advice and consent. In America, state courts can hear any kind of case, but a federal court can only hear certain kinds of cases. The question whether Marbury had a right to be a JP and DC didn't matter to anybody, really.

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