Ow did the 1803 ruling in marbury v. madison affect the balance of power in the federal government? it made the executive branch stronger than the other branches. it gave the executive branch a way to check the power of the supreme court. it gave the judicial branch a way to check the power of congress. it made the judicial branch stronger than the other branches.

The case is about a newly appointed judge demanding the Supreme Court to order the then Secretary of State, James Madison to deliver his commission.

The court ruled that the court has no power to do so, yet it got rid of the judiciary of 1789, establishing the precedence that Supreme Court is the final arbiter of the constitution/the principal of judicial review/the power to declare a law unconstitutional. Generally, it expanded the power of the judiciary branch

So the answer is c, it gave judiciary branch a way to check the power of the congress.