Madison's ruling was correct. Some believe that it had a negative outcome and allowed an overshoot. This ruling allows the Supreme Court to routinely strike down state and federal laws it deems unconstitutional. This in itself ignores the constitutional intent of the founders because the Court was formed to interpret laws and not overturn them. However, overturning laws also involves making laws, and only Congress was supposed to have the power to legislate. Allowing the Supreme Court to overturn passed laws, which were the will of the people, and render them null and void leaves some to think that this has upset the balance of power between the three legislative branches. (Coffey, 2012) President Jefferson disagreed with the Marbury v. Madison ruling and even attempted to overturn it, although he was unsuccessful due to the lack of support from Congress to make a constitutional amendment that would allow it to be 'adoption.