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CLSM · Civic Literacy · Progress Check 3
Judicial Review
Read the situation. Connect the ideas. Show how you know.
Name ___________________________Class __________ Date __________
01 Recall, then make a connection.
judicial review
jurisdiction
remedy
Distinguish judicial review, jurisdiction, and remedy. Why could identifying a constitutional problem be different from deciding that a particular court may grant the requested relief?
Read the situation.
Judicial review is the authority of courts to examine whether government action is consistent with the Constitution in a case they can decide. It differs from a legislature voting on whether a policy is desirable. A court must consider the legal question, relevant facts, applicable law, and its jurisdiction. A public controversy alone does not mean every court can decide it in any form or at any time.
02 Organize the information.
Three questions on the clerk’s pad
Classify the questions a legal analysis must keep separate.
Sort each question.
A. Right or legal claimB. Court’s authorityC. Requested relief
Example
Category letter
1. What legal entitlement does the person claim was violated?
2. Does this court have authority to hear this type of case through this procedure?
3. What order is the person asking the court to issue?
4. Which constitutional protection is the challenged rule alleged to violate?
5. Is the requested order available from this court in this proceeding?
Explain one placement using a detail from the example.
CLSM · Civic Literacy · Progress Check 3
What does the evidence show?
Judicial Review
03 Follow the evidence.
Build a relevant case record
In a fictional exercise, a court with stated jurisdiction considers whether a government rule improperly restricts protected speech. The file does not ask whether the official is popular.
Select every record directly relevant to that constitutional question.
The actual rule’s wording and the record of how it was applied to the speaker.
The relevant constitutional provision and applicable judicial reasoning supplied for the exercise.
A poll ranking the official’s personality.
An unrelated budget document about road repairs.
Name the useful records and explain how they answer the claim.
04 Apply the idea.
The editor’s final correction
A draft says, “Judicial review lets judges erase any law they personally dislike.”
Which correction belongs in the guide?
Judicial review concerns constitutional and legal analysis within judicial authority, not simply a judge’s personal policy preference.
Judicial review means courts introduce and pass ordinary bills.
A court ruling automatically changes the words of the Constitution.
Choose a conclusion and explain why it fits the situation.
05 Carry the idea forward.
Explain why Marbury matters even though the Court did not issue the order he wanted. Use the terms jurisdiction and judicial review, then identify what evidence a new constitutional case would require.