19 Legislature at their feet. (Annals, 7th Congress, 1st Session, 179-180). American Congress repealed the Judiciary Act, 1801 and replaced it by a new Judiciary Act, 1802, which effectively dismantled the Federal Judiciary and closed the Supreme Court for two years. The new law reset the number of circuit courts at six, eliminated more than a dozen judgeships, restored the number of Supreme Court Justices to six, and forced the justices distant to district resume courts. ‘riding The the Act circuit’ eliminated to the summer session of the Supreme Court. It would meet only two weeks, once a year instead of twice a year. By scattering the justices around the country the rest of the year, the new law would prevent Chief Justice Marshall from organising his colleagues into a powerful, co-hesive third branch of government. (John Marshall, P.196-7) Jefferson, the President of America charged the Marbury verdict (Marbury V. Madison, 5 US (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) by saying that this is a decision by an unelected body like Supreme Court contained ‘the germ