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The Supreme Court is able to review acts of Congress if the constitutionality of the act is questionable.
Judicial review... which was given binding authority by Maybury v Madison in 1803
"The power of court to review constitutionality of a treaty or statue, or to review a regulation for consistency with a statue, treaty, or the constitution itself."
This was the first sitting Supreme Court of the USA. Every decision made by that court established the original precedent for all subsequent cases in the USA. Perhaps the most important was Marbury vs Madison where the precedent was established for the Supreme Court to review laws for "Constitutionality".
Judicial Review