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The power of the courts to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional was established in the landmark Supreme Court case

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Roe v. Wade
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Marbury v. Madison
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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The correct option is A Marbury v. Madison

Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote the opinion for a unanimous Court.


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