The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"The question,whether an act,repugnant to the constitution,can become the law of the land,is a question deeply interesting to the United States,but,happily,not of an intimacy proportioned to its interest.It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles,supposed to have been long and well established to decide it… Thus,the particular phraseology of the constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle,supposed to be essential to all written constitutions,that a law repugnant to the constitution is void;and that courts,as well as other departments,are bound by that instrument…"
Chief Justice John Marshall,1803
-Under the leadership of John Marshall,the Supreme Court established its authority to

A) defend the growth of slavery.
B) limit the territorial expansion of the nation.
C) invalidate commercial contracts.
D) establish the meaning of the Constitution.