Judicial Review

The power to declare laws unconstitutional is called

• Supreme court review

• Executive privilege

• Judicial Review

• Grand Jury Investigation

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All the following are subject to the Supreme Court’s judicial review EXCEPT

• Presidential actions and executive orders

• The Bill of Rights

• Congressional laws

• State actions and state laws

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The Supreme Court declares laws unconstitutional

• all the time

• rarely

• once a year

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The Supreme Court ruled that President Nixon must turn over his

• Letters

• Diary

• Presidential Papers

• Recordings

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Where does the Constitution discuss the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review?

• Article I

• Article III

• Nowhere

• Twelfth Amendment

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Where did the Supreme Court get the right of judicial review as a check and balance on the other branches?

• The U.S. Constitution grants the right of judicial review to the Supreme Court.

• The power of judicial review came from the Supreme Court itself in the case of Marbury v. Madison.

• A federal law gave the right of judicial review to the Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court claimed the power of judicial review in the Marbury v. Madison ruling. The Marbury v. Madison ruling

• strengthened the Supreme Court in that specific case, but ultimately weakened the Supreme Court in the long term.

• weakened the Supreme Court in the short-term, but ultimately strengthened the Supreme Court in the long term.

• left the Supreme Court with about the same power as before.

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One concern regarding judicial review is that judicial review

• gives courts the power to overturn laws passed by elected representatives.

• is that states can ignore Supreme Court decisions.

• is not used often enough to keep the president and congress in check.

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True/False: The executive and legislative branches of government operate with implied powers similar to judicial review that are not explicitly defined in the constitution as the nation evolves and changes over time.

• True

• False

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Which of the following are true about judicial review?

• One concern is that judicial review gives courts the power to overturn laws passed by elected representatives.

• The executive and legislative branches of government operate with implied powers like judicial review that are not explicitly defined in the constitution.

• Both answers are true.

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