What was the significance of the Marbury v. Madison case that was argued before the Supreme Court in 1803?
A:This was the first time that the Supreme Court had declared an act of Congress unconstitutional.
John Adams lost his bid for reelection to Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 Presidential election. Adams was a member of the Federalist party, while Jefferson was a member of the Democratic-Republican party that considered themselves anti-Federalist in their thinking
