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To: arrogantsob
YOUR opinion of what a violation of the Constitution is is only that. Such a state does not become reality for the rest of the world until the US Supreme Court says it has.

Just curious, but does that dance have a name???

What you're saying is the Constitution can only be interpreted by the SCOTUS, an agency of the feral government??? That the other parties to the agreement, the states and/or the people don't have that luxury? This just gets better and better.

Anyway, since you were either unable or unwilling to answer my earlier questions regarding remedies, let's take your scenario a step further: The SCOTUS, not without precedent, rules in favor of the feral government on a patently unconstitutional action. Sound familiar? Or even this: The SCOTUS, in one of its more lucid moments rules against the feral government on, say, a 10th Amendment issue but the executive and legislative branches being separate-but-equal branches of government say, bite me.

I gather your remedy is that once again the states and the people sit down and shut up? I think Jefferson was right, that the tree of liberty needs watering from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots. That WILL be the final remedy unless patriots are able SOMEHOW to put the beast back in its cage -- before the shooting starts.

62 posted on 02/14/2009 11:08:44 PM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: A lie will travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its shoes on!)
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To: ForGod'sSake

The Supreme Court is not an “agency” of the federal government but with the rest of the judiciary a co-equal branch charged with interpreting the law.

Of course, since it has the final say on what is or is not constitutional the opinions of others are just part of the process of determining constitutionality. The People have no say as to what a law means but has the ultimate say in making it say what they want it to say. This is why the Constitution has an amendment process.

If the Constitution cannot be amended to change it in the direction you wish then it stays the same.

You have to get out of the idea that YOU have the ultimate say on what is constitutional or not. You liking a decision does not make it valid nor disliking it invalid.

It appears to me that the states have abdicated their say about anything and only a minority of the People have a clue. Don’t expect much out of that situation.

The Founders established a representative republic based on an enlighted electorate which made up only about 15% of the population. Even Jefferson made noises about the dangers of democracy and the others staunchly opposed it.


70 posted on 02/17/2009 9:12:11 PM PST by arrogantsob
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