Chaza ukubuyekezwa kwezomthetho futhi uchaze indima kaJohn Marshall ekumiseni ukubuyekezwa kwezomthetho.
Ukubuyekezwa kwezomthetho kuyigunya izinkantolo ezinalo lokumemezela ukuthi umthetho wesifundazwe noma wesifundazwe wephula uMthethosisekelo ngaleyo ndlela uhoxisa umthetho owenza ukuba usebenze. Ngaphambi nje kokuba uMongameli u-Adams ashiye isikhundla sakhe wamisa abahluleli abasha bokuthula eWashington D.C., uJefferson, uMongameli olandelayo wenqaba ukuletha amakhomishana. Lokhu kwaholela ecaleni likaMarbury noMadison. Isisekelo salelicala sasiwukuthi i-Judiciary Act ka-1789 yayivumela labo abamisiwe ukuba bacele umyalo wenkantolo wokunikeza ukuqokwa kwabo ngokulawula kwasekuqaleni okunikezwe iNkantolo Ephakeme. UJohn Marshall wabona ukuthi ukusekela uJefferson kwakuyokwenza kubonakale sengathi iNkantolo Ephakeme iyisisebenzi sakhe. Uma babesohlangothini luka-Adams, kwakungekho ndlela yokwenza uJefferson agcizelele isinqumo. Zombili lezi zinqumo zaziyokunciphisa ukuba semthethweni kweNkantolo Ephakeme. UJohn Marshall wayigwema le nkinga ngokulahla uMthetho Wezobulungiswa ngenxa yokuthi wawuphikisana nomthetho-sisekelo. Lokhu kwakuwukusungulwa kokubukezwa kwezinkantolo, amandla eNkantolo Ephakeme ayesanda kushiwo kuphela kuMthethosisekelo.