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What does a court with the authority of judicial review have the power to do?
A court with the authority of judicial review has the power to review laws passed by the legislative branch and actions of the executive branch to determine their constitutionality. If a law or action is found to be unconstitutional, the court can invalidate it.
What way does the executive branch check powers of the legislative branch?
it can declare laws unconstitutional.
What branch can declare laws passed by congress and executive actions unconstitutional?
The judicial branch has the authority to declare laws passed by Congress and executive actions unconstitutional. This power is exercised by the Supreme Court and other federal courts through the process of judicial review, established in the landmark case Marbury v. Madison in 1803. This ensures that legislative and executive actions adhere to the Constitution.
What is the power of and check on the judicial branch?
The Judicial branch has the power to interpret the laws, or decide if they are unconstitutional. The checks on the Judicial branch are the power of the executive branch to enforce the laws and the power of the legislative branch to make laws.
How did the executive and the judicial branch check the power of the legislature?
They can declare laws unconstitutional and veto them.
Can executive order be unconstitutional?
Yes, an executive order can be unconstitutional if it oversteps the authority granted to the executive branch by the Constitution or violates existing laws. The judiciary has the power to review and strike down executive orders that are found to be unconstitutional. This ensures that the balance of power among the branches of government is maintained. Ultimately, the constitutionality of an executive order may be determined through legal challenges in the courts.
What branch of government veto laws?
The Executive branch can veto laws, but if a law is unconstitutional, the other two branches can veto it to keep it from passing.
What branch has the power to declare an executive act unconstitutional?
The Judicial Branch had this power. The process in which this branch declare laws constitutional or unconstitutional is called the Judicial Review
What are 4 simple things that the judicial and the executive branch can do?
The judicial branch can interpret laws, the executive branch enforces them. Also the executive branch can veto bills given to him/her by Congress, the judicial branch can declare things "unconstitutional."
How does the judicial branch check the excutive branch?
The judicial branch has the authority to rule that actions of the other branches are unconstitutional. For instance Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas by presidential order, later by congressional action; the US Supreme Court ruled that both were unconstitutional.
Does congress has the power to create new executive departments?
No. Only the executive branch (President) has the actual authority to create administrative agencies. The legislative branch makes the laws, the judicial branch interprets the laws and the executive branch implements and enforces the laws.
How can the judicial branch challenge the powers of the legislative and executive branch?
The Judicial branch has what is known as Judicial Review, which means the Judicial Branch may invalidate laws made by the Legislative branch and executive orders made by the Executive branch that it determines is unconstitutional.
