Judicial review allows the supreme court to
(1) determine the constitutionality of federal laws
(2) approve nominations to the president’s cabinet
(3) oversee the financing of the lower federal
courts
(4) remove elected officials from office

After the success of the sputnik launch, the united states feared that they would never be able to launch their own satellite, the ussr had used technology developed by the united states, the soviets had superior nuclear capabilities, that any future us satellites would not be as successful.