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Did Marbury ever receive his commission and become Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia?

A. yes
B. no

User Daphtdazz
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B. No
Marbury never got his commission, and he never became the Justice of Peace again because the Court did not have the authority to proclaim him so.
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