Supreme Court has struck down 160 federal and 1,100 state statutes.

Evidence

Courts in the United States, both federal and state, participate in the development of constitutional law through the exercise of judicial review. Because the U.S. Constitution is the “supreme law of the land,” actions of the national or state governments that conflict with the Constitution are invalid, and persons affected by those actions can challenge them in court. Similarly, litigants may challenge state or local actions that they believe violate a state constitution. When a litigant claims that the government has acted unconstitutionally, the judge must determine whether the government has exceeded its power or violated rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In exercising this judicial review of governmental enactments, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down 160 federal statutes and more than 1,100 state statutes and municipal ordinances as unconstitutional. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 154

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• QUESTION: Specific numbers worth memorizing for the course; verify currency of figures.
• XREF: connects to: Judicial review is the power of courts to strike down unconstitutional government actions. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1383; The single-subject clause has voided dozens of state statutes — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2078; Supreme Court judicial review has struck down over 1,100 state laws — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 165