Sentences with phrase «invalidate unconstitutional laws»

The power of a court to invalidate unconstitutional laws — «judicial review» — has been a feature of our government from the outset.

Not exact matches

According to the standard account of the matter, the power of judicial review — that is, the authority of the federal judiciary to invalidate acts of Congress and the President when they are deemed to be unconstitutional — came to be entrenched in our law by the acceptance, tacit or otherwise, of the Supreme Court's ruling in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison.

The issue dates back to a procedural change in the law eight years ago, and it could, potentially, invalidate any ruling involving one of those «unconstitutional» judges since March, 2000.

At least so long as the laws and administrative decisions invalidated on judicial review are unconstitutional or illegal more often than not, judicial review increases the government's overall compliance with the Rule of Law.

It does not usually have the effect of causing the laws of a country to be invalidated the way that an unconstitutional law would be invalidated.