Checks And Balances The Process Of Law Is Unfair

Have you ever wonder how law that are unfair get ruled unconstitutional and not into effect? It works through a process called checks and balances which keep one branch of government from gaining too much power. The three branches of government are the executive the enforcer, the legislative the law makers and the judicial branch the law interpreters. The process of declaring a laws unconstitutional stop laws that go against the constitution and take away in this way protecting the people.

In this process the judicial branch is checking the laws to makes sure they are fair. The legislative and the executive branch are being checked. This is in place because when the colonies were under british rule the laws went through king and the parliament and no one represented the people. For this reason when the creation of the Constitution happen the founding father add the third checking of the law to ensure fair law and stop corruption in the government.

The process is very simple but there are many step before this that must happen. The legislative will create a bill and vote if they say yes then the president passes it or veto. Once the law is passed it does not go directly to the judges to decide whether they think it is unconstitutional. Some one first must bring it to
One law that declared unconstitutional was the Test Oath Law which required attorneys to swear under oath that they were not involved in the southern rebellion.The law was unconstitutional because it was saying they were being punished for using their freedom of expression. Another law that was shot down is Child Labor Laws These laws were both were trying to end child labor but twice it was declared unconstitutional allowing child labor. Soon the laws were changed “But the amendment failed to win ratification by a sufficient number of states before the Court itself in 1941 overruled its earlier decisions.” (CQ Press