Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When it first met, the Supreme Court had a total of six justices, per the Judiciary Act of 1789.
2. With the Judiciary Act of 1801, the Federalists increased the size of the Supreme Court from six to nine justices and reorganized the federal courts so as to create more vacancies.
3. The Supreme Court decision that established judicial review over federal laws was Marbury v. Madison (1803).
4. Judicial review is the authority of a court to create new laws and actions over other branches and levels of government so as to become the highest law in the land.
5. After the landmark decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Marshall Court used the power of judicial review numerous times to strike down an act of Congress.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
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