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John Roberts Cites John Marshall
The Supreme Court, as an on-bunk court, measures other federal statutes against the Constitution. It holds that they pass master very famously in a case called Hilton or Hylton,. argued by Alexander Hamilton involving a tax law. All of this well before Marbury, Marbury is not making up any of this. So two propositions, constitutions are supreme over statutes. That's true of state constitutions as well as federal and courts enforce constitutions against legislatures, both state and federal.