The Founding Fathers Virginia - 1589 Words

In March of 1751, James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia to Nellie and James Madison. Once he reached eighteen, Madison attended the College of New Jersey, more commonly known today as Princeton (â€Å"James Madison’s Biography†). During this time period, it was strange for a man to go beyond the colony for his education (â€Å"The Founding Fathers: Virginia†). However, Madison went against the social norm, which ultimately gave him an advantage by broadening his understandings of all the different opinions and views between the colonies (Wills, Schlesinger 57-119). After graduation in 1771, Madison pursued a political career throughout the rest of the eighteenth century and most importantly, through the 1800s where he made he made his most†¦show more content†¦The deal officially closed at the price of fifteen million dollars for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and some of Florida. The country formally gained possession for the land on Decembe r 30, 1803, when France transferred authority over the region to the United States. As a result of Madison’s and other members of the cabinet efforts, America doubled the size of their nation and increasing their wealth immensely due to the potential of the land (â€Å"Louisiana Purchase†). Marbury vs. Madison was considered one of the most important cases in the history of The Supreme Court. This case was the first to establish the idea of â€Å"judicial review,† the power given to the judicial branch to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. As his presidency term was ending, Adams appointed multiple justices of peace whose commissions were approved by the Senate and ready to deliver. However, Madison would not deliver them after Jefferson took office in 1801. William Marbury, an appointed judge, petitioned for a legal order that compelled Madison to justify why he should not get his commission. When the case was in order, the court ruled that they did not have the right to grant the order to take Madison to court due to the Judiciary Act of 1789, which applied original jurisdiction. After the court denied Marbury’s order, Jefferson was not pleased with the Chief Justice’s lecture about the power given to the courts. As a result, he