Which legal principle suggests that it is 'emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is'?
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Correct answer: Judicial review
This famous quote from John Marshall's opinion summarizes the concept of judicial review. It asserts that the judiciary is the final arbiter in interpreting the meaning of the Constitution and the validity of laws.
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