Imagine if you were appointed a judge, but the paperwork had not been delivered to you yet which paperwork was the final stage of the appointment process. You believe that because there was a change of leadership in the ranks of government leadership making the appointments, your paperwork was purposely delayed. You grew upset and hired a lawyer and sued. Your lawyer decided to bring a case before the United States Supreme Court. You end up losing as your lawyer is unable to get a court decision forcing the US Supreme Court to issue a writ. The US Supreme Court feels that the requested relief was not within the scope of their jurisdiction.

Please describe to me what case that may sound like that we studied? In that case, what did the court hold? Was there any important principle we took away from that case?

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The scenario described bears similarities to the case of Marbury v Madison a landmark case heard by ... View the full answer