a wavelike contraction that propels the contents of tubular organs, for example, the intestine, stomach, and ureters, caudally in animals or in a downward direction in man. Peristalsis is the result of many coordinated contractions of the longitudinal and transverse muscles in the walls of a tubular organ.
Judicial review is important in the US government because it serves as a check on the other branches of government. Judicial review is the power established through the landmark supreme court case Marbury v. Madison. It allows a higher court to review cases with questionable constitutionality. It also allows the supreme court to rule acts of Congress or of the President as unconstitutional and have them removed.
Create a free account to save it. landmark case where in the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review as a legitimate power of the Court on constitutional grounds. The Court ruled that it had the power to declare a statute void that it considered repugnant to the Constitution.