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The Supreme Court Is Not The Final Say On The Constitution
Bigun:
The Supreme Court Is Not The Final Say On The Constitution
Several 2020 candidates are determined to mainstream the perverse idea of expanding the Supreme Court to achieve policy victories. Such court-packing defies the intent, function, and ideals of the American judiciary.
Americans have been told a lie about the constitutional balance of power. Despite activist assertions to the contrary, the Supreme Court is not a supreme constitutional council with the sole and final say on legal matters. We have accepted a larger than life picture of the judiciary, and it is slowly destroying individual liberty and the constitutional order laid down by the founders.
The Constitution outlines the role of the courts, but for some time they have been operating beyond their proper function. We must change how we see them, understand their appropriate role, and stop allowing the growth of power. Each new interpretation of plain text that widens the judiciary’s authority is a dangerous violation of the separation of powers. If executive overreach concerns you, judicial overreach doubly should.
To correct a few common misconceptions, the judiciary’s rulings are not the supreme law of the land, even rulings from the Supreme Court. The judiciary is not the only or even final arbiter on the Constitution. And the judiciary is not a truly co-equal branch of government...
http://thefederalist.com/2019/03/22/supreme-court-not-final-say-constitution/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=7ead94c6f9-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-7ead94c6f9-83773485
Bigun:
It's time you heard it from someone other than myself!
rustynail:
A Federal Judge Is The Final Say On The Constitution and All Other Matters and Things.
Sanguine:
--- Quote from: rustynail on March 22, 2019, 02:15:24 pm ---A Federal Judge Is The Final Say On The Constitution and All Other Matters and Things.
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You didn't read the article, did you?
--- Quote ---The only national laws are the Constitution, congressional law, and treaties. Conspicuously missing are Supreme Court decisions. While the court is known for deciding the constitutionality of laws, its decisions are not themselves laws. In the strictest sense, the opinions rendered by the Supreme Court are binding only on the parties before it.
The Supreme Court is just that, a court. It was established to adjudicate cases and controversies before it. Courts cannot make general pronouncements of law; they exist to settle disputes.
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jmyrlefuller:
Then how do you stop them?
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