Case Worker Training Programs and Requirements. A case worker is a social worker who assists and advocates for clients facing problems such as addiction, abuse, unemployment, disability, and discrimination. Learn about program levels and related courses, as well as job prospects and continuing education.
In other countries, all courts have the ability to declare a law unconstitutional. In the United States, a constitutional challenge may be asserted and a law declared unconstitutional by any court in the country. In practice, although all courts have the power to declare a law unconstitutional, when it actually happens, the case frequently is appealed all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
Some proponents of the death penaltyâincluding the late Justice Antonin Scalia and the 2016 Republican Party platformâhave asserted that the Supreme Court cannot declare the death penalty unconstitutional because the Framers included reference to the punishment in the text of the Fifth Amendment.