OPINION
DAVIS, Judge.
This unusual case revisits Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch (5 U.S.) 137, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803) — not the magisterial close of Chief Justice Marshall's opinion declaring the judiciary's power to hold legislation invalid for infringement of the Constitution, but the lesser-known opening section (on which the Chief Justice lavished many more words) establishing that William Marbury had been duly appointed by President John Adams a justice...
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