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Presentation by:
Haig Panossian, Esq.
The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States.
Its main task is to decide cases that may differ from the U.S. Constitution. When the
Supreme Court rules over a case, it is usually deciding arguments about the meaning
of laws, how they are applied, and whether they violate the Constitution.
The ability to decide if a law violates the Constitution is called judicial review. It is
this process that the judiciary uses to provide checks and balances on the legislative
and executive branches.
Once the Supreme Court makes a decision in a case, it can only be changed by a
later Supreme Court decision or by changing or amending the Constitution.