Question
How would one distinguish successful from unsuccessful assertions of judicial power? What is it that puts Marbury in one class and Dred Scott in another?
Answers
Ms. Sue
In the Marbury case, the Supreme Court threw out the suit because it was based on an unconstitutional statute.
Check these sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott
Check these sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott