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What branch changes a unconstitutional law?
The judicial branch can say if a law is unconstitutional.
What term refers to the belief that the states could nullify laws that they considered unconstitutional?
The term null and void means that a state deems a law unconstitutional and chooses not to follow it.
What term refers to the belief that the state could nullify laws that they considered unconstitutional?
The term null and void means that a state deems a law unconstitutional and chooses not to follow it.
If a law violates the US Constitution it is said to be?
If a law violates the US Constitution, it is said to be unconstitutional.
What do you call a law that conflicts with a constituton?
A law that violates the constitution is said to be unconstitutional.
What is important about the court voiding a law?
The court has to take into consideration whether a law is considered constitutional or unconstitutional depending on whether a law is upheld by the constitution or not. The constitution has to support a law for it not to be void.
What do you call a law that does not agree with the Constitution?
They are called "unconstitutional laws".
Can the US Justice department declare a law is unconstitutional?
No, an Appeals Court cannot 'find' a law unconstitutional. They might declare a law to be unconstitutional IN THEIR BELIEF, but they can only overturn the decision of the lower court and/or return it to them for further action or consideration. Only the U.S. Supreme Court can find a law unconstitutional.
Does Congress has the authority to overturn a law for being unconstitutional?
Congress can REPEAL any law, constitutional or not. Only the Court can overturn a law because it is unconstitutional.
What was South Carolina's argument for nullification?
That a state had the right to ignore a law, if it thought the law was unconstitutional
What laws are those that a judge finds to be in conflict with the US Constitution?
A law which conflicts with a constitution is said to be unconstitutional.
What do you call a law that doest agree with the constitution?
an unconstitutional law
