Judicial Review and American Activism

Judicial review is the process whereby the United States Supreme Court declares Acts of Congress to be Constitutional or un-Constitutional and either lets them stand as law or strikes them down. It was instituted into the United States government through party politics. This book compares the processes by which England and the United States abolished slavery and the role judicial review played in making it more difficult for the United States to do this than it was for England. One country just took a vote, the other had a Civil War. The effects of judicial review on our government are no less evident today. 40% of the registered voters today are prevented from becoming candidates for office and from voting in elections they pay for with their taxes. There is a face-off coming between independent voters and the judicial system that is attempting to force them back into the two-party system they do not want to support any longer.