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What important legal principle did U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall pronounce in the case Marbury v. Madison, and what impact did it have on the Supreme Court and the U.S. legal system?

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Wiht his decision in Marbury v. Madison , CC John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, an important addition to the system of checks and balances created to prevent any one branch of the federal government from becoming to powerful.
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