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.
A relatively minor lawsuit led to one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in American history, Marbury v. Madison, laying the foundation for the Court's ability to render its decisions about laws and actions. In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court claimed the power to review acts of Congress and the president and deem them unconstitutional, creating a precedent for an American process of judicial review.