Supreme Court judicial review has struck down over 1,100 state laws
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 decide whether the government has exceeded its powers or violated rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In exercising this judicial review of governmental enactments, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down more than 160 federal statutes and more than 1,100 state statutes and municipal ordinances as unconstitutional. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 165
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth verifying whether these statistics hold in the 2019 edition given the reader has a 2019 text; count may differ from older editions.
- XREF: connects to: Supreme Court has struck down 160 federal and 1,100 state statutes. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 154; The Supreme Court ended state legislative malapportionment through the one-person, one-vote rule. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 442; Judicial review is the power of courts to strike down unconstitutional government actions. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1383
Broader Connections
- Supreme Court has struck down 160 federal and 1,100 state statutes.
#expands(1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 154 - Judicial review is the power of courts to strike down unconstitutional government actions.
#expands(0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1383 - The Supreme Court ended state legislative malapportionment through the one-person, one-vote rule.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 442