However, as Britain has no Constitution, the principle that a court could strike down a law as being unconstitutional was not relevant in Britain. Moreover, even to this day, ... could be struck down. Instead, the American precedent for judicial review comes from the Supreme Court itself, in the landmark decision of Marbury v. read more
The process of judicial review is an analysis of the constitutionality of a given law. As the Supreme Court does not and cannot create nor pass laws themselves, it cannot, by definition, perform judicial review upon itself. read more
The Supreme Court and Judicial Review Judicial Review. The Supreme Court of the United States spends much, if not most, of its time on a task which is not delegated to the Supreme Court by the Constitution. That task is: Hearing cases wherein the constitutionality of a law or regulation is challenged. read more
The Supreme Court agrees to hear about 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases that it is asked to review each year. Judicial Review The best-known power of the Supreme Court is judicial review, or the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution, is not found within the text of the Constitution itself. read more