Government Made Easy: The Judicial Branch

How well do you know your government? Do you know what the Department of Justice is? What are the qualifications for becoming a federal judge? MiND TV's Government Made Easy series ventures onto the streets of Philadelphia to see if we can all remember the basics of the American government. Test your government knowledge and compare opinions with your fellow Americans on Government Made Easy: The Judicial Branch.

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[Technocratic]

The Constitution implies that the duty of the Supreme Court is to check the constitutionality of laws. The entire branch wouldn't make sense without judicial review being an implied power of system. It doesn't matter if the Constitution expressly mentions the term "Judicial Review" as its necessary for the Courts to carry out their functions of adminsterting justice and checking the power of the other two branches.

[matthewgutz]

@inigele14u i learned that in madison vs marbury the supreme court earned the right of judicial review, which is the right to deam a law unconstitutional. this way, checks and balances works

[inigele14u]

No where in the constitution does it say the judical branch has the right to declare a law unconstituional. THEREFORE THAT BEING SAID, the Judical Branch Supreme Court is being UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Our government is a federalist democracy and our seperation of powers are poorly made, therefore we are basically a oligarchy and people dont relize that. At any point in time the executive branch and Congress can say the supreme court is unconstitutional making the USA an Oligarchy!