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 # Wellspring: Courts:
 
+The judicial branch shall embody the judicial power of the `WS` constitution.
+
 ## Supreme Court:
 
 The supreme court shall have the power of judicial review to declare acts by the other branches to be unconstitutional, subject to the framework laid out in the [judicial review](./08-03-judicial-review.md) section of this constitution.