Question 12 Questions 11-14 refer to the excerpt below.

“The authority, therefore, given to the Supreme Court by the act establishing the judicial courts of the United States to issue writs of mandamus to public officers appears not to be warranted by the Constitution, and it becomes necessary to ask whether this is Constitutional… the question of whether an act against the Constitution can become the law of the land is a question deeply interesting to the United States…

This original supreme will organizes the government and assigns to different departments their respective powers… [Within] the government of the United States… The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten, the Constitution is written.”

Source: John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803.

All of the following were results of Marbury v. Madison EXCEPT…

A
The judicial branch was given the power to determine if laws were constitutional.

B
The Supreme Court’s purpose and power became much clearer to Americans.

C
Thomas Jefferson was not allowed to appoint justices to the Supreme Court.

D
John Marshall became an influential thinker in American politics.