TRAVEL: The case was filed in the Supreme Court, therefore having original jurisdiction.
FACTS: Marbury was given the commission appointing him to the Justice of the Peace by Adams the night before Jefferson was to take over the presidency; however, the commission was never delivered to him. The following day, Jefferson instructed Madison (the new Secretary of State) to do nothing with the commission. Marshall was ordered to show the reason(s) was Marbury's commission was never delivered to him. Madison never showed up to the hearin
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