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What is the power of the Supreme Court to call acts of congress unconstitutional known as?
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A judicial review
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What is the following enables the supreme court to deem acts of the president and of congress unconstitutional?
The power of judicial review.seperation of powers
The Supreme Court first found an act of Congress unconstitutional in which case?
The Supreme Court of the United States found that the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional. It was the first case declared to be so and was known as Marbury vs. Madison.
What is the Supreme Court known as?
It is known as the Supreme Court.
How could the powers be checked by one of the other branches?
The president can veto bills passed by Congress. Congress can override a presidential veto. The president nominates Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court can rule laws passed by Congress unconstitutional. The Congress must approve Court appointments and treaties signed by the president. Congress can impeach and try the president. Each branch of the United States government has an equal amount of power. Congress has the power to make laws (legislative branch). However the president has the power to veto the laws made by Congress (executive branch). Then so the president doesnt have complete control over the law's fate Congress can veto the president's veto with a mandatory two thirds vote to over turn the presidents veto. Finally the Supreme Court makes the decision of whether the law is constitutional or not. Should they find it unconstitutional they can scrap it or send it back to Congress. This is known as the system of checks and balances.
The Supreme Court evaluation of the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress or state legislatures is known as?
A judicial review allows the Supreme Court to annul any acts of the state that is deemed to be unconstitutional. This decision was made during the Marbury v. Madison case which stated that they have the right to review the acts of Congress to determine its constitutionality.
What is The Supreme Court evaluation of the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress or state legislatures is known as?
judicial review
Is the Supreme Court the Legislative law-making branch?
No. The US Supreme Court is head of the Judicial (judging) branch of government. The Legislative branch includes the House of Representatives and the Senate, known collectively as Congress.
The official decision of the Supreme Court is known as what?
The official decision of the Supreme Court is known as an opinion. Rulings by the US Supreme Court cannot be appealed by a higher court.
What branch of government does the US congress represent?
The Supreme Court, and all judges in the United States, fall into the Judicial Branch of government.
What are the weaknesses of the supreme court?
The Supreme Court is very powerful in that it is able to review acts by Congress or the Executive Branch and determine them to be unconstitutional. The Court is also able to "legislate from the bench," or effectively create law through court cases (known as precedents). Therein lies the Supreme Court's weakness, however, as it is generally unable to act independently - the Court must, in most cases, wait for a case to appear in a lower court or wait for an act by one of the other branches in order to "legislate."
What is a judge that sits on Supreme Court bench called?
Judges on the Supreme Court are known as justices.
The highest court at state level is the supreme court?
state supreme court
