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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Judicial Reviewby Stowell | 9 terms | December 10, 2008 |
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| judicial review definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional | 83 sets | |
| 2 | review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court | 42 sets | |
| 3 | the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution | 33 sets | |
| 4 | the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action | 15 sets | |
| 5 | the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional | 13 sets | |
| 6 | the authority of the supreme court to strike down unconstitutional laws | 13 sets | |
| 7 | the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the u.s. constitution or, in a state court, the state constitution | 10 sets | |
| 8 | the power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional. | 10 sets | |
| 9 | provides for the judicial branch of the government to determine if laws are constitutional. | 9 sets | |
| 10 | the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the u.s. constitution or, in a state court, the state constitution. | 8 sets | |
| 11 | the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official. | 7 sets | |
| 12 | the supreme court's power to declare an act of congress unconstitutional | 7 sets | |
| 13 | the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the u.s. constitution or, in a state court, the state constitution. | 7 sets | |
| 14 | the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional. | 6 sets | |
| 15 | power of the supreme court to declare a law unconstitutional | 6 sets | |
| 16 | the supreme court's right to declare that a law violates the constitution | 6 sets | |
| 17 | power of the supreme court to decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by congress are constitutional | 6 sets | |
| 18 | the power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional | 6 sets | |
| 19 | court authority to declare laws null and void on the grounds that they violate the constitution | 6 sets | |
| 20 | provides for the judicial branch of the government to determine if laws are constitutional | 6 sets | |
| 21 | power of the courts to declare acts of the legislature and of the executive to be unconstitutional | 6 sets | |
| 22 | the power of the supreme court to check the legislative branch by declaring laws passed by congress unconstitutional | 5 sets | |
| 23 | power of the supreme court to decide whether laws passed by congress are constitutional | 5 sets | |
| 24 | power of the courts to review acts of other branches of government and the states. | 5 sets | |
| 25 | authority given the courts to review constitutionality of acts by the executive/state/legislature; est. in marbury v. madison | 5 sets | |
| 26 | it was a power given to the judiciary branch in order to sustain checks and balances. this power let judges examine a law or act passed by the government to see if it was constitutional or not. | 5 sets | |
| 27 | power to review acts of congress | 5 sets | |
| 28 | the power of judges to declare a law unconstitutional | 5 sets | |
| 29 | power of the courts to review the constitutionality of laws or government actions | 5 sets | |
| 30 | power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation which it believes to be unconstitutional. chief justice john marshall articulated this right in the decision of marbury v. madison (1803). so far, the supreme court has ruled about 1500 congressional acts or parts of acts unconstitutional. | 4 sets | |
| 31 | the process by which the judicial branch can annul the actions of the legislative and executive branches where it finds them uncompatible with a higher norm. | 4 sets | |
| 32 | the power of the supreme court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the constitution | 4 sets | |
| 33 | power of the supreme court to decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by congress are constitutional. | 4 sets | |
| 34 | power of supreme court to decide whether a law is constitutional | 4 sets | |
| 35 | the right of the supreme court to rule on acts of other branches of the government | 4 sets | |
| 36 | the power of courts to declare an act of congress unconstitutional. it is also a way of limiting the power of popular majorities. | 4 sets | |
| 37 | supeme court decision and law declaired unconstitution | 4 sets | |
| 38 | power of the courts to review acts of other branches of government and the states | 4 sets | |
| 39 | supreme court's right to declare that a law violates the constitution | 4 sets | |
| 40 | power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional | 3 sets | |