The province and Duty of the judicial department

Excerpt from the Marbury v. Madison Decision 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 is in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution. disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case.

This is of the very essence of judicial duty. Use the passage to answer the question. How does this case reflect the idea of separation of powers? 0 A. The Court can rule on laws but not write them. 0 B. The Court can only rule on laws that concern civil rights. 0 C. The Court can only rule on laws passed by state legislatures. O D. The Court can rule on laws, but the states do not have to obey the Court’s rulings