Ocupation: Former Chief Justice of the United States
Life: September 24, 1755 - July 6, 1835
Birthday: September 24
Death: July 6
It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.
source: Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 178, 1803.
topic: Law, Duty, Judicial, Judicial Activism, Judicial Branch, Judicial Review, Law Courts, Judiciary