This latter property is what enables investigators to calculate a margin of error.. To be precise, the laws of probability make it possible for us to calculate intervals of the form estimate +/- margin of error.
Congress can't reverse a US Supreme Court ruling, but they can rewrite an overturned law or can initiate a new constitutional amendment (must be ratified by 75 â¦ % of the states) to override the decision. They usually choose to rewrite the law, because it is extremely difficult to amend the Constitution.
The power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress, and by implication the executive, are in accord with the US Constitution. This was established by John Marshall and his associates in Marbury v. Madison.