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The power of all federal courts to declare a particular law of governmental action invalid because it violates a provision of the constitution is called

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The power of all federal courts to declare a particular law of governmental action invalid because it violates a provision of the constitution is called "judicial review"--although this was not a power granted to the courts in the original US Constitution.
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