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'''Judicial supremacy''' is the view that the judiciary, and in particular the US Supreme Court, has special authority in constitutional interpretation that places the court superior to the other branches of government.  Under judicial supremacy, the branches of government are not co-equal.  Instead, under judicial supremacy, courts are above checks and balances by other branches of government.
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'''Judicial supremacy''' is the view that the judiciary, and in particular federal courts, have special authority in constitutional interpretation that makes the judiciary superior superior to the other branches of government.  Under judicial supremacy, the branches of government are not co-equal.  Instead, under judicial supremacy, courts are above checks and balances by other branches of government.
    
Numerous American statesmen have rejected judicial supremacy, including Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].   
 
Numerous American statesmen have rejected judicial supremacy, including Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].   
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