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Chapter 15–The Federal Courts–Summary

The federal courts, the third branch of government found in Article III of the Constitution, are probably the least known but an equally important part of American government. It is the courts–especially the highest court, the United States Supreme Court–that determines what the Constitution and the laws of the land (Acts of Congress) mean. This power of judicial review is not explicitly fond in the Constitution; however, it is clearly established since Chief Justice John Marshall so declared in the 1803 case, Marbury v. Madison. In June, 2012, for example, the United States Supreme Court