GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Straw Poll, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan
20 Apr 2016
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The us supreme court has the power to review acts of congress and the executive branch in light of the constitution, and to declare them invalid if they violate the. Question: does scotus follow the law or the constitution. Ruling: constitution is the nation"s highest law and any act of congress. Implications of marbury v madison that violates it is invalid. Supreme court is the final word on the constitution. Supreme court has the power to declare national, state, and local laws invalid if they violate the constitution. Judicial review means that supreme court can undo the work of representative. But, less than 1% of laws ever passed by congress have been struck down. institutions. Scotus justices: chief justice john roberts (bush, 2005, anthony kennedy (reagan, 1988, clarence thomas (bush, 1991, ruth bader ginsburg (clinton, 1993, stephen breyer (clinton, 1994, samuel alito (bush, 2005, sonia sotomayor (obama, 2009, elena kagan (obama, 2010, vacancy. Does the case involve a constitutional question.
