Marbury v. Madison is a landmark case in United States law, the basis for the exercise of judicial review of Federal statutes by the United States Supreme Court as a constitutional power. The Court ruled that it had the power to declare void a statute which it considered revolting to the United States Constitution. Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the case, and used the case to legally establish the right of the judicial branch of government and in particular, the Supreme Court, to overrule the actions of coequal branches of government. …
