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Marbury v. Madison and Federalist Paper 51 Notes

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writ of mandamus

an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion

William ________ had been appointed by John Adams to be Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia but his commission was not delivered before Adams left office and Jefferson took over.

He petitioned the Supreme Court to force ____ ______, the new Secretary of State (under the new president Thomas Jefferson) to deliver the documents.

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