Judicial review is part of the United States' system of checks and balances on government. The Supreme Court has the power to review acts of the Legislative (Congress) and Executive (Presidential) branches to ensure they don't become too powerful or abrogate the Constitutional rights of the country's citizens.
1972 This year is marked as a black year in history due to the use of terrorism entering sport with the massacre of 11 Israel Athletes by Arab Gunman. Also this is the beginning of the biggest political scandal in modern times and the start of the Watergate Scandal.
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, October 1, 1996. Evangelist Billy Graham will hold a three-city Bay Area crusade in October 1997, including his first San Francisco appearance in nearly four decades. Graham, a pastor to presidents and a giant in the American evangelical movement, announced his Northern California plans yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he had just wrapped up a round of revival meetings attended by more than 336,000 people.