Judicial+Checks+&+Balances

The Judicial Branch checks over the Legislative Branch to make sure laws are going against America's constitutional rights. Judicial review is the main example of how the Judicial branch does this. Judicial Review is when the branch decides if something is constitutional or not. This could be presidential acts, treaties, or laws.
 * Judicial Review**

The check over the Legislative branch is the ability to declare a law unconstitutional. If the Court rules a law unconstitutional it can no longer be a law. For example, in 1976 the Court overturned a law putting a cap on spending limits on House and Senate during elections. The law stated that House candidates would have a spending limit of $70,000, and the Senate candidates would have $150,000. This law was ruled unconstitutional by the Court and was overturned.
 * Judicial checks over Legislative**

Not only can the Court rule laws unconstitutional, but also presidential actions and treaties. In the past there have been plenty of Executive Orders made by the President. Some legal, some not. One that was rule not was Executive Order #9066 made by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1944. The Court said it was unconstitutional that he allowed the creation of Japanese-American internment camps. This was just one case where the Judicial Branch checked over the Executive. Another way is that if the president is impeached, the Chief Justice will stand in as the President of the Senate for the time being.
 * Judicial checks over Executive**



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