The US Judicial Review Process: Roe V. Wade

The United States Supreme Court decision would render the state statute unconstitutional due to the judicial review process. Judicial review is defined as the power held by the judicial branch that permits courts to review the actions of the executive and legislative branches, and of the states, and declare acts that are in violation of the U.S. Constitution void (Hall, 2015, p. 16). The United States Supreme Court is the most powerful court in the United States, and the state statute would be invalidated by the Supreme Court’s decision in the Roe v. Wade case. Roe v. Wade established a precedent concerning abortion, and since the Supreme Court is the most powerful court in our country, all lower courts are required to comply with the ruling