The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals

This is the first time the supreme court flects its power to say that what another branch of the federal government wanted to do was not constitutional. It was the moment when judicial review, which had been around, but heavily debated, solidified as part of the courts power. This case would reverberate for centuries to come. During his three decades on the bench, he helped plant the seed of what the court could be and the amount of power the supreme court could have in the future.