What did the Supreme Court rule about Madison's refusal to deliver the commission? Why did the Court not issue a writ of mandamus?

Although he could have held that the proper remedy was a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court—because the law that had granted the court the power of mandamus in original (rather than appellate) jurisdiction, the Judiciary Act of 1789, was still in effect

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1. The Court found that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was illegal, but did not order Madison to hand over Marbury's commission via writ of mandamus. ... Marshall expanded that a writ of mandamus was the proper way to seek a remedy, but concluded the Court could not issue it.

2. The portion of § 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that authorized the Supreme Court to issue writs of mandamus in the exercise of its original jurisdiction was held invalid in Marbury v. Madison, 266 as an unconstitutional enlargement of the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction.

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