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MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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“The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties. Certainly there is not a word in the Constitution which has given that power to them more than the Executive or Legislative branches.”
A
Full faith and credit
B
Popular sovereignty
C
Federalism
D
Judicial review
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The best-known power of the Supreme Court is judicial review, or the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution, is not found within the text of the Constitution itself. The Court established this doctrine in the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803).

Detailed explanation-2: -This power is referred to as the power of judicial review.

Detailed explanation-3: -The principle of communis error facit jus is not an absolute norm, Therefore, lord Denman expressed caution in O. Connell v. R., that law should not be taken for granted.

Detailed explanation-4: -judicial review, power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution. Actions judged inconsistent are declared unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void.

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