• rsuri@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Well that’s an even older decision:

    Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. Decided in 1803, Marbury is regarded as the single most important decision in American constitutional law.

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      4 months ago

      Yes, the supreme Court gave itself that power. To that end the other branches could justifiably choose to not find that to be valid.