Judicial review has several meanings. It may refer to review by judges of governmental officials to determine whether the governmental officers are acting within their official capacity of exceeding their powers. Secondly there is a judicial review for the federal systems for policing the powers that have been distributed between the states and the central government. Third, there is the judicial review that may mean the power of the courts to invalidate or refuse to enforce statues, treaties, or executive orders that may violate or are unauthorized by the constitutional law. There is no explicit grant of this power to the Courts in the Constitution, however it is implied in the document but nowhere are the Courts given the power to invalidate a law passed by a legislature. The power in reality is
Judicial review has several meanings. It may refer to review by judges of governmental officials to determine whether the governmental officers are acting within their official capacity of exceeding their powers. Secondly there is a judicial review for the federal systems for policing the powers that have been distributed between the states and the central government. Third, there is the judicial review that may mean the power of the courts to invalidate or refuse to enforce statues, treaties, or executive orders that may violate or are unauthorized by the constitutional law. There is no explicit grant of this power to the Courts in the Constitution, however it is implied in the document but nowhere are the Courts given the power to invalidate a law passed by a legislature. The power in reality is