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How did the ruling of Marbury v. Madison influence the power of the judicial branch?

It gave state governments power over the federal government.

It made the Supreme Court as powerful as the legislative and executive branches.

It broke the Supreme Court away from the ideals of federalism.

It claimed that the Supreme Court was more powerful than the president.

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Marbury v. Madison strengthened the federal judiciary by establishing for it the power of judicial review, by which the federal courts could declare legislation, as well as executive and administrative actions, inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution (“unconstitutional”) and therefore null and void.

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