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There is no specific article giving the courts the power to review legislation for constitutionality. Not one word. One could infer that this power is implied in Article 3, Section 2. That Article said the federal judicial authority shall extend to all cases arising under the Constitution and the laws passed thereunder. But it does not give any power to declare laws invalid. The Supreme Court made a decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison that the power to review legislation is implied in that Article, because the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and the courts have power to interpret cases arising under the Constitution. Thus, if a case alleges that a particular law is contrary to the Constiturion, the Court has the power to determine whether or not it is unconstitutional.

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Q: What article of the US Constitution gives courts the authority to review legislation for Constitutionality?
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