Judicial branch
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- Hey, do you know what Judicial Review is?
- Yea! Judicial review is Judicial review is a process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
- I heard that it has to do something with the constitution?
- Yes, they declare if something follows the constitution or not. Whether it's constitutional or not
- Where did the power of Judicial review come from?
- Established by the landmark decision in Marbury v. Madison, 1803.
- But what it they don't listen do they have to follow something?
- No law or action can contradict the U.S. Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. The court can only review a law that is brought before it through a lawsuit.
- How does the Supreme Court use Judicial Review?
- Over the decades the Supreme Court has exercised its power of judicial review in overturning hundreds of lower court cases.
- Of Course like when Roe v. Wade (1973): The Supreme Court ruled that state laws prohibiting abortion were unconstitutional.
- I don't get it can you use an example, please?
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