Judicial Review
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How is Judicial Review applied in today's society?
Here are some examples to help you better understand judicial review:
1) The court case of Marbury v. Madison
2) The court case of Baker v. Carr
3) The court case of Brown v. Board of Education
1) The court case of Marbury v. Madison
2) The court case of Baker v. Carr
3) The court case of Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
The 1803 court case of Marbury v. Madison was a Supreme Court decision to form the basis for the exercise of judicial review under Article 3.
This court case laid the groundwork for judicial review. It established the judicial branch as a whole. |
Baker v. Carr
The Baker v. Carr court case of 1962 was when the Supreme Court ruled that federal courts have jurisdiction to hear a constitutional challenge to a legislative appointment. Basically, the federal courts have the power to turn a case over to the legislative branch if it deals with a constitutional background. This gave the judicial branch less to deal with so they had time to focus on what they were created for: interpreting laws and not passing them.
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Brown v. Board of Education
The 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education was a highlight of this decade. The court declared that state laws establishing separate black and white public schools were unconstitutional. Judicial review came in handy when this case came along, because they were able to showcase what it was made for.
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