Judicial supremacy
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Judicial supremacy is the view that the judiciary, and in particular the US Supreme Court, has authority in Constitutional interpretation that is superior to the of other branches of government and the states. It was first articulated by the Warren Court in Cooper v Aaron, 1958. Until then, the consensus was that the US Constitution itself was the supreme law of the land, and that three branches of the federal government (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary) were equally responsible for upholding the Constitution.
In 2007, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court in criticizing and rejection the temptation for courts to exercise "judicial supremacy."[1]