Marbury V. Madison and Judicial ReviewFew Supreme Court decisions are as well known or loom as large in our nation's history as Marbury v. Madison. In revising the historiography of Marbury, Robert Clinton contends that few decisions have been more misunderstood, or misused, in the debates over judicial review. The 1803 decision is widely viewed as having established the doctrine of judicial review, which permits the Court to overturn acts of Congress that violate the Constitition;