This dimension sorts political documents by their formal type, a treaty, a constitution or a declaration. Wikipedia notes that a treaty "may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, pact, or exchange of letters, among other terms." Browsing by document type keeps documents of the same formal kind grouped together.
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1. Marbury v. Madison (Wikipedia)
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
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