The United States Supreme Court gains its power from the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court has the power to review the actions from the executive and legislative branches and declare laws unconstitutionally; this power is known as Judicial Review. The Judicial Review also challenges the lawfulness decisions from public authorities. The goal was to accomplish new developments under the leadership of Chief justice, they believed that judges should find and apply an existing law, and not creating a new one. In 1803, Marbury v. Madison case was the first Supreme Court decision to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional.
Courts often look to the legislative history in order to determine what legislators intended when they
Courts often look to the legislative history in order to determine what legislators intended when they