In this Voices of Life — Did You Know? episode, Pastor David explores one of the most consequential and controversial Supreme Court decisions in American history: Marbury v. Madison (1803) — the ruling that created judicial review and elevated the Supreme Court far beyond what the Founding Fathers intended.

Did you know that Chief Justice John Marshall: • signed and sealed Marbury’s commission himself, • failed to deliver it, • then presided over the case involving his own error, • and used the moment to expand the Court’s power?

Many scholars argue the decision was self‑serving, politically calculated, and possibly unconstitutional, because judicial review is not explicitly found in the Constitution.

Pastor David breaks down: • the political b ...