> Weird because the courts striking down laws as unconstitutional is literally their job description. Funnily enough, it's literally not in their original job

> Weird because the courts striking down laws as unconstitutional is literally their job description. Funnily enough, it's literally not in their original job description. Judicial review, like so many things about the Supreme Court, is just based on precedent [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison