USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Chief Justice ____ and later federal judges would use the power of judicial review to make the judiciary a much stronger part of the national government.
A
James Madison
B
John Marshall
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
John Adams
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Judicial review is important because it allows the higher courts to review the outcomes of the lower courts. It helps to check on the other branches of government. The main importance of judicial review is to protect individual rights, to balance government powers and to create and maintain equality to every person.

Detailed explanation-2: -With his decision in Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, an important addition to the system of “checks and balances” created to prevent any one branch of the Federal Government from becoming too powerful.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court has been vested with the power of judicial review. It means that the Supreme Court may review its own judgment order. Judicial review can be defined as the competence of a court of law to declare the constitutionality or otherwise of a legislative enactment. Q.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Doctrine of Judicial review was for the first time formulated by the Supreme Court of America in the historic case of “Marbury v. Madison".

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