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
Examples of judicial review in a Sentence
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The Anderson case is an example of our system of checks and balances and of our neutral judicial review system in action.
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Jeffrey Rupp, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2024
As an executive order, the Emancipation Proclamation was subject to judicial review and could have potentially been overturned.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 1 Feb. 2024
The Natural Resources Defense Council called for judicial review, saying the law required that parts of a plant, as opposed to the plant as whole, had to be regulated separately as stationary sources if their emissions were big enough to qualify.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024
Boebert was able to secure two bills in Republicans’ marquee energy legislation that were meant to extend the length of drilling permits and shorten the length of time that a party can file a petition for judicial review of a major infrastructure project.
—Nancy Vu, Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2023
That decision has provided a stable background for judicial review of administrative actions for decades, the Biden administration has told the court.
—USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
Review for unreasonableness is a tool of judicial review derived from British administrative law and has been used for years by the high court.
—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
Those include the landmark 1803 case that established judicial review over acts that officials in the executive branch are bound by law to perform, Marbury v. Madison, and a famous Korean War-era case deeming unlawful President Harry S. Truman’s seizure of steel mills.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Post, a professor of constitutional law who has a Ph.D. in American Civilization and is a former dean of Yale Law School, argues that the Taft Court wrestled with four different ways of interpreting the Constitution and exercising judicial review.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Jeffrey Rupp, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2024
As an executive order, the Emancipation Proclamation was subject to judicial review and could have potentially been overturned.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 1 Feb. 2024
The Natural Resources Defense Council called for judicial review, saying the law required that parts of a plant, as opposed to the plant as whole, had to be regulated separately as stationary sources if their emissions were big enough to qualify.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024
Boebert was able to secure two bills in Republicans’ marquee energy legislation that were meant to extend the length of drilling permits and shorten the length of time that a party can file a petition for judicial review of a major infrastructure project.
—Nancy Vu, Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2023
That decision has provided a stable background for judicial review of administrative actions for decades, the Biden administration has told the court.
—USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
Review for unreasonableness is a tool of judicial review derived from British administrative law and has been used for years by the high court.
—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
Those include the landmark 1803 case that established judicial review over acts that officials in the executive branch are bound by law to perform, Marbury v. Madison, and a famous Korean War-era case deeming unlawful President Harry S. Truman’s seizure of steel mills.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Post, a professor of constitutional law who has a Ph.D. in American Civilization and is a former dean of Yale Law School, argues that the Taft Court wrestled with four different ways of interpreting the Constitution and exercising judicial review.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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judicial review
noun1
: review
2
: a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional
also
: the process of using this power see also checks and balances, Marbury v. Madison
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