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Explain the dilemma faced by John Marshall and the Supreme Court at the beginning of Marbury v Madison.

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The Supreme Court faced a dilemma in deciding Marbury’s case: The justices knew that if the Court were to order Madison to deliver Marbury’s commission, and he disregarded it, the powerlessness of the last Federalist stronghold of the national government, the federal judiciary, would be revealed for the whole nation to see.

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