judicial review
noun
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: a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional
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The McCarran-Walter Act also contains several provisions that subject most immigration court decisions such as removal or asylum to judicial review in federal courts.
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Raquel Aldana, The Conversation, 18 July 2025
Still, the court rejected Trump’s assertion that his actions were immune from judicial review.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law that requires pornography websites to verify their visitors' age, finding that the lower court applied the appropriate level of judicial review when evaluating the constitutionality of the age-verification laws.
—June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
MacDonough also rejected language in the bill drafted by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that would have exempted certain infrastructure projects from judicial review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
—Nik Popli, Time, 23 June 2025
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Raquel Aldana, The Conversation, 18 July 2025
Still, the court rejected Trump’s assertion that his actions were immune from judicial review.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law that requires pornography websites to verify their visitors' age, finding that the lower court applied the appropriate level of judicial review when evaluating the constitutionality of the age-verification laws.
—June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
MacDonough also rejected language in the bill drafted by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that would have exempted certain infrastructure projects from judicial review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
—Nik Popli, Time, 23 June 2025
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“Judicial review.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judicial%20review. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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