The Supreme Court
A) declared hundreds of federal laws unconstitutional in the nineteenth century.
B) has declared thousands of federal laws unconstitutional in the twentieth century.
C) has declared over a thousand state and local laws unconstitutional.
D) has declared only about 25 laws unconstitutional in its entire history.
E) immediately used judicial review to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

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The Supreme Court has declared over a thousand state and local laws unconstitutional. This includes significant cases such as Brown v. Board of Education, which struck down segregation in public schools, and Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide. While the Court has also declared federal laws unconstitutional, the number is significantly fewer than state and local laws, and there have been notable exceptions such as the New Deal legislation in the 1930s. Therefore, option C is the most accurate.