judicial power
Bench's legal strength
Judicial power is the authority to interpret laws and administer justice, typically vested in courts.
In constitutional systems, it forms one branch of government alongside legislative and executive power.
Judicial power includes hearing cases, resolving disputes, and determining whether laws or government actions conform to constitutional requirements: The Supreme Court exercises judicial power through its rulings.
- supreme courtApex of judicial hierarchy
- federal courtsJudiciary handling nationwide cases
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- litigationLegal dispute process
- justiceFair treatment under law
Marbury v. Madison · legal authority · checks and balances · interpretation · case law · trial · appellate court · due process · court order · rule of law · jurisprudence · bench trial · fairness · binding precedent · lower court · enforcement · evidence · impartiality
- constitutional lawConstitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- constitutional governmentchecks and balances, branches of government, executive branch, legislative branch, constitutionalism
- government powerspardon, pardons, eminent domain, impeachment, amnesty
- Hawaiian KingdomKamehameha, King Kamehameha, royal family, throne room, royal palaces
- judicial reviewconstitutional review, mandamus, prohibition, correctness, constitutionality
judicial powerlegislative power
Capacity to create laws
executive power · presidential power · police power · military power
judicial powermob justice
Extralegal punishment by crowds
vigilante justice · lynch law · tribal authority · mediation · arbitration
judicial, power, judge, judgment, judgement, judging, judged, judges, judicially