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The '''Judicial Review''' is the power of the [[Supreme Court]] to declare a law [[unconstitutional]]. This power is what wielded by the [[Supreme Court]]. It makes the [[judicial branch]] perhaps the most a very powerful branch of the American government, as because it involves overturning a legislative decision of Congress, and there is no way to override a Supreme Court decision unless except through a [[Constitutional Amendment]] is made (this is a very long and difficult process).

Judicial review ''is'', however, mentioned by [[Alexander Hamilton]] in ''[[The Federalist Papers]]'', and was established in the landmark case ''[[Marbury v. Madison]]'' in 1803 by the ruling of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]]. It is now a well established power of the Supreme Court, despite its how debatable its Constitutionality may be.<ref>U.S. Government and Politics</ref><ref>[http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/article03/13.html]</ref> <ref>[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed78.htm]</ref>

''US Government and Politics'' by Paul Soifer [http:<references//supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/article03/13.html] [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed78.htm] >

[[Category:US United States Government]]