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The Supreme Court has the unwritten policy of judicial review. This means that they can check amendments and bills that the other two branches of the federal government suggest. If a law seems to be unconstitutional, and not written in the constitution, the Supreme Court can decide it is unconstitutional.
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They decide if laws are unconstitutional or not, and they're the highest court in the USA.
In USA the Supreme court judges decide as to whether certain laws are constitutional or not. eg.In the Brown vs Board of education of TOPEKA 1954 case the supreme court ruled that the " separate but equal" doctrine was unconstitutional
The Supreme Court is the head of the judicial branch of the government and has the responsibility to enforce the Constitution. If legislation is found to be unconstitutional then it is overturned.
The Supreme Court can abrogate a law if they decide that the law is unconstitutional.
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Determine whether a president's actions violate the constitution.
The case of Furman v. Georgia took place in 1972. The Supreme Court had to decide on the requirement for a degree of consistency in giving the death penalty.
In theory, any court can decide this, but only the decisions of the US Supreme Court are binding in regards to the US constitution (for State constitutions, the state's Supreme Court is generally the final arbiter... the US Supreme Court might rule that a particular provision in a state's constitution is not compatible with the US constitution, but usually will let the state court decide for itself in strictly internal matters.)
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It was a concept of judicial review. In other words the supreme court have the authority to review other branches of court and decide whether or not the cases are unconstitutional.