The Constitution & the Supreme Court
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The Constitution & the Supreme Court Is it inherent in the nature of judicial review that the Constitution is in a constant state of revision by the Supreme Court? The question identifies a relationship between an institution and a document, this relationship is mediated through a process. The question tries to identify whether an essence of this process is to ensure that the institution is constantly revising the document. Thus the question can be answered affirmatively if we discover that an integral feature of the judicial review process is to allow the Supreme Court to revise the Constitution. To proceed we need to understand the nature of the judicial review that the Supreme Court conducts. Before describing the types and limits of such review it is worth emphasising that judicial review is a process specifically associated with the actions of the Supreme Court. Further to this, the scope of judicial review can be...

