Why is judicial branch responsibility for interpreting laws important?

Answer 1

It acts as a check and balance against both the Executive and the Legislature. Judicial Review is available to review any laws repugnant to the Constitution. The case that established the doctrine of Judicial review is MARBURY V. MADISON. Judicial Review is not found anywhere in the US Constitution.

Answer 2

Because politicians LOVE fuzzy laws.

Politicians hate to commit to specifics, because then they can be held to answer for those commitments later. It's so much easier to write laws that are full of feel-good generalities, but that don't really set out exact rules.

Then the judiciary ends being the ones that have to settle the question of "What did they mean by THAT?"

To daddyio and paul..... the poster didn't ask about judicial review of the CONSTITUTIONALITY of laws, he asked about judicial INTERPRETATION - which is a different animal completely.

Richard

Answer 3

i figure, the judicial branch should examine all passed bills to see if they hold up to the preamble. but that's not what they do, is it? i figure, if it violates the FIRST and EASIEST to understand part of the constitution, it's NOT constitutional, is it?

ya follow me? i know not many will..........