In Marbury v. Madison (1803) the Supreme Court announced for the first time the principle that a court may declare an act of Congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution. William Marbury had been appointed a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia in the final hours of the Adams administration. When James Madison, Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, refused to deliver Marbury’s commission, Marbury, joined by three other similarly situated appointees, petitioned for a writ of mandamus compelling delivery of the commissions.
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C). Found a permanent home on an island where an eagle tore apart a serpent.
D). Settled in the Valley of Mexico around the year 1250
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C to overthrow the government and establish a new one.
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C. They all developed near a major body of water.
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The earliest known civilizations, in the valleys of the Nile, Euphrates, Tigris, and Indus rivers and in Southeast Asia, have developed near either the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean.
