7. Which statement best describes the impact of this Supreme Court
decision?

Base your answer to the next 3 questions on the following passage and on your knowledge of
social studies.

"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. So if a law be in opposition to the constitution.... and the constitution is superior to any ordinary act of the legislature, the constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which
they both apply... the constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle. supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the constitution is void: and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument."

Source:Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

1. The government's system of checks and balances was weakened.

2. The Supreme Court lost the ability to judge some federal laws unconstitutional.

3. The power of federal courts increased.

4. The legislative branch gained power relative to the other branches.