SRES 136 · 119th Congress · Law

A resolution affirming the rule of law and the legitimacy of judicial review.

Introduced 2025-03-25· Sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]· Senate

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Latest: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1837-1838)(2025-03-25)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 136 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 136 Affirming the rule of law and the legitimacy of judicial review. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2025 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Coons, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Welch, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Kelly) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Affirming the rule of law and the legitimacy of judicial review. Resolved, That the Senate affirms that-- (1) Article III of the Constitution of the United States vests the ``judicial Power of the United States . . . in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish''; (2) as Chief Justice Marshall held in the Supreme Court's landmark 1803 decision Marbury v. Madison, ``It is emphatically …

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