Federal Judicial Review

Pragmatism should not serve as an excuse for cutting off Federal judicial review.

Like all state constitutions in the United States, this constitution is subject to federal judicial review.

The condemned man's conviction survived many layers of state and Federal judicial review before reaching the Supreme Court.

It is true that the specific case brought by Governor Bush and his backers is not the kind that usually calls for federal judicial review.

A federal judicial review board sided with Hamilton, clearing the project for construction, although the federal government appealed twice to overturn the verdict.

All U.S. state constitutions are subject to federal judicial review; any provision can be nullified if it conflicts with the US Constitution.

Bush's order, after all, had bypassed Congress - the body empowered by the Constitution to convene military tribunals - and had exempted the tribunals from federal judicial review or any other civilian oversight.

The California Supreme Court is the final arbiter of issues relating to the state Constitution, but Indian gambling is also regulated by Federal law, and lawyers said part of the ruling might be subject to Federal judicial review.

The avoidance doctrine flows from the canon of judicial self-restraint, and is intertwined with the debate over the proper scope of federal judicial review and the allocation of power among the three branches of the federal government and the states.

Student Complaints In his dissenting opinion, Judge Ralph K. Winter wrote, "The sweeping opinion in this case subjects to Federal judicial review virtually every decision disciplining students for disruption by a private college or university in the State of New York."