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How judicial review is a power with a history

Judicial review is the practice of courts setting aside laws that conflict with higher law.

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Judicial review is the power of a court, in a case it has authority to hear, to treat a constitution as law and refuse to apply a statute or official act that conflicts with it. The statute is not erased by a speech, but it loses in that case and, by the court's authority, in later similar cases. The opening covers courts compare the two texts, a conflict blocks enforcement, and the power grew over time.

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Courts compare the two texts
A conflict blocks enforcement
The power grew over time
Upholding a law is also review
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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How judicial review is a power with a history

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