The Reasons for Judicial Restraint Judicial review is the power given to Supreme Court justices in which a judge has the power to reason whether a law is deemed unconstitutional according to the constitution. Chief justice John Marshall initiated the Supreme Court's right to translate the constitution in the famous case, which took place in 1803 Marbury Vs. Madison; moreover, he declared that the Supreme Court was the sole interpreters of Constitutional law. This happens to …
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