Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
The Supreme Court's right to judicial review was first established in
AUSA ✓ Correct
BIndia
CFrance
DSwitzerland
Correct answer: (A) USA — Judicial review was first established in the USA, so it is the answer.
Explanation
★Judicial review was first established in the USA, so it is the answer.
★It lets courts test laws and executive acts against the Constitution.
★Courts can invalidate measures found to violate the Constitution.
★It was established in the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison in 1803.
★Chief Justice John Marshall gave the ruling that founded the doctrine.
★India later adopted judicial review into its own Constitution.
★So the United States is the original home of judicial review.
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