Question

In the case of Roe v. Wade, what answer explains why judicial review at the Supreme Court level was warranted?

A. The right to privacy named in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution protected the individual.
B. An individual right listed in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution is the right to choose a partner for marriage.
C. The right for a woman to choose is not protected under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
D. Individuals are protected against state laws that regulate interracial marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Answer 1

A. The Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade reviewed the case because it implicated a constitutionally protected right of privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment (the Due Process Clause), which warranted judicial review and a ruling on the law's constitutionality.