judicial scrutiny

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• judicial review — n 1: review 2: a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional; also: the process of using this power see also checks and balances; marbury v …   Law dictionary

• scrutiny */ — UK [ˈskruːtɪnɪ] / US [ˈskrut(ə)nɪ] noun [uncountable] careful examination of someone or something under scrutiny: The diet industry comes under scrutiny in tonight s programme. close scrutiny: Council services are subject to close scrutiny to… …   English dictionary

• Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 — The Hughes Court, 1932–1937. Front row: Justices Brandeis and Van Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes, and Justices McReynolds and Sutherland. Back row: Justices Roberts, Butler, Stone, and Cardozo …   Wikipedia

• scrutiny — scru|ti|ny [ skrutni ] noun uncount * careful examination of someone or something: under scrutiny: The diet industry comes under scrutiny in tonight s program. close scrutiny: Council services are subject to close scrutiny to ensure their… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scrutiny — scru·ti·ny / skrüt ən ē/ n pl nies: searching study or inquiry; specif: judicial investigation of the constitutionality of a statutory classification of persons under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution see also intermediate 2,… …   Law dictionary

• scrutiny — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, close, critical, detailed, intense, rigorous, serious, strict ▪ The company has come under intense scrutiny because of its environmental record …   Collocations dictionary

• judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official. [1920 25] * * * Examination by a country s courts of the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative branches …   Universalium

• judicial — adj. Judicial is used with these nouns: ↑appointment, ↑approval, ↑authority, ↑branch, ↑capacity, ↑commission, ↑confirmation, ↑decree, ↑discretion, ↑district, ↑election, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Judicial aspects of race in the United States — Race legislation in the United States has known several historical phases. Its roots are to be found in the European colonization of the Americas, the Indian Wars, and the triangular slave trade. However, the 1776 Declaration of Independence… …   Wikipedia

• Strict scrutiny — is the most stringent standard of judicial review used by United States courts. It is part of the hierarchy of standards that courts use to weigh the government s interest against a constitutional right or principle. The lesser standards are… …   Wikipedia

• strict scrutiny — strict scru·ti·ny n: the highest level of judicial scrutiny that is applied esp. to a law that allegedly violates equal protection in order to determine if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest see also intermediate 2,… …   Law dictionary