Marbury v. Madison Instructions: Read the background information on Marbury v. Madison and answer the questions on the next page.
The president of the United States has the power to appoint judges to the federal courts. Usually, the president appoints individuals who are members of their political party or who share their ideas about politics.
In 1800, John Adams was president. There was a presidential election that year. Thomas Jefferson, who belonged to another political party, got elected. There were many positions in the federal government that were empty. Before he left office, President Adams tried to fill these positions with people who shared his ideas.
President Adams appointed 58 new people. He asked his secretary of state, John Marshall, to deliver the paperwork to these people so they could start their new jobs. Marshall delivered most of the papers, but could not deliver all of them. When President Thomas Jefferson came into office, he told James Madison, the new Secretary of State, not to deliver the rest of the papers
One of the people who did not receive his papers was William Marbury. He sued James Madison and tried to get the Supreme Court of the United States to force Madison to deliver the papers. If he did, then Marbury would become a justice of the peace.
The Supreme Court of the United States had to decide the case. The new chief justice of the United States was John Marshall. He was the same person who had been unable to deliver the paperwork in the first place!

Questions
1. Why would the president appoint people who are members of the same political party to be judges?

2. Why do you think Thomas Jefferson did not want the people Adams appointed to get their jobs?

3. Who is Chief Justice John Marshall likely to agree with, Marbury or Madison? Why?

4. When the Supreme Court of the United States makes a decision, how do you think they get people to obey it?

5. If Congress passes a law that conflicts with the U. S. Constitution, which one are people required to follow: the new law or the Constitution?

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