What is the role of the judiciary branch?

The judicial branch consists of the United States Supreme Court and lower federal courts. The Supreme Court’s primary function is to hear cases that challenge the constitutionality of legislation or require interpretation of that legislation. The U.S. Supreme Court has nine Justices, who are chosen by the President, confirmed by the Senate. When there is a dispute over the meaning of a law the judicial branch is asked to decide whose interpretation of the law is correct.  Thus, the judicial branch interprets the law by deciding what it means with respect to any particular case brought before it. When the judiciary mediates to allocate constitutional boundaries, it does not assert any superiority over the other departments; it does not, in reality, nullify or invalidate an act of the legislature, but only asserts the solemn and sacred obligation assigned to it by the Constitution to determine conflicting claims of authority under the Constitution and to establish for the parties in an actual controversy the rights which that instrument secures and guarantees to them.

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