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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Ever since Marbury v. Madison (1810), when the Supreme Court issued a “writ of mandamus”, ordering the president to act, and he refused,

The Supreme Court held in Marbury that it could not issue a writ of mandamus to the President.

7 posted on 01/18/2013 4:10:09 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Correct, I got that point wrong. But the principle still stands, and thus Marbury had no standing.


8 posted on 01/18/2013 4:23:54 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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