What Was the Justification for Refusing to Issue Marbury His

question 39

Multiple Choice

What was the justification for refusing to issue Marbury his commission in Marbury v. Madison (1803) ?

• A) The justices ruled that President Adams' appointment of Marbury was an abuse of executive power and therefore illegal.
• B) The Supreme Court could not issue the order to someone holding federal office because it was not part of the Court's original jurisdiction outlined in the Constitution.
• C) The justices ruled that President Adams' appointment of Marbury could not stand because it occurred after the election of 1800, which Adams lost.
• D) The justices ruled that only the president, and not the Supreme Court, had the power to issue the order.

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Soviets

Elected councils that were formed by workers and soldiers in Russia, notably during the Revolution of 1917, leading to the formation of the Soviet Union.

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Revolution of 1905

A wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through the Russian Empire, including strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies, leading to constitutional reform.

Bolshevik Party

A faction of the Russian socialist movement that eventually led the October Revolution of 1917, establishing the Soviet Union.