Judicial review is the term used to reference a process by
which courts in the USA can evaluate any act by the legislative or the executive
branches. And if it is found that the act is in any way contrary to the principles of
the Constitution the judiciary can declare the act as
invalid.
The process of Judicial Review gave the judiciary
powers to curtail the other two branches from doing anything that was not permitted by
the Constitution. Though judicial review is associated with the Supreme Court, most
state and federal courts have the authority to use it to uphold the
Constitution.
With the process of Judicial Review, the US
became the first nation to give the Judiciary supreme powers over the executive and the
legislature to annul any act that went against the Constitution.
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