Judicial Review CE 9b/ 5a (2025)

What is the power of judicial review?

• Power to stop the judicial branch from doing something unwise

• Grants more powers to the judicial branch of government

• Power to declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional

• Power to review a decision of a lower court

Judicial review is an important check on what branches of government?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Parliamentary

The Supreme Courts of the US and Virginia determine the constitutionality of laws and acts of the executive branch.

• False

• True

What document is the supreme law of the land?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• US Constitution

What court case established the principle of judicial review at the national level of government?

• Monroe v. Marbury

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Select traits of the Judicial branch of government.

• Has executive branch officers

• Courts

• Bicameral

• Interpret the laws

• Can declare laws and actions unconstitutional

State laws must not conform to the US and Virginia constitutions.

• False

• True