Marshall's Power of Judiciary

Marshall wanted to flex his authority as the head of the judicial branch, but he knows if he actually tries to order jefferson, jefferson's going to ignore him. So he finds a way to say, you know, we don't have jurisdiction. I can't tell jefferson what to do, but i'm going to tell you he violated the constitution. This was rod the government of the united states has been emphatically termed a government of laws and not of ten it becomes the first case in which the supreme court strikes down a federal law for violating the constitution. It is emphatically the duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. In marbury v mad