third, william marbury is a wealthy bank president from a fable maryland family. a justice of the peace is a lousy job. it's even worse than being ya supreme court justice. it pays nothing. the job entails arresting prostitutes and drunks and deciding paid cases for less than five dollars. marbury doesn't really want this job so he's got to have some other motive for taking this case to the supreme court. finally, marbury cannot prove the commission was issued because madison refuses to participate in the case and provide him with a copy of the commission. and the only witness to the commission is john marshall who can't exactly testify in his own court. so marshall's brother james who is a district court judge finds an affidavit contesting that he meant to deliver the commission but forgot. none of this makes any sense. in my research, i discovered evidence that suggests the whole case was a setup. chief justice marshall , his brother james marshall, charles lee and william marbury sat down and plotted the case from the beginning to create a vehicle for marshall