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To: LachlanMinnesota
OMG, I inadvertently started a discussion of Marbury! Run for the hills! :)

Marbury "authorizes" the Supreme Court to review acts of Congress. A treaty, or a "trade agreement" for that matter, ultimately is such a thing.

66 posted on 06/19/2006 8:25:24 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

I better read the case berffore I say something stupid about it, since I thought it was about honoring an appointment of a person made by a person in the prior administration, because the subsequent administration did not honor that appoitnment. I could be wrong, so no need to run for the hills...I'll quit.


70 posted on 06/19/2006 8:29:19 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: 1rudeboy

Not to mention that Article III gives the power to review treaties to the courts.

Marbury was always a favorite case. Basically, the Supreme Court gets the final say because the court says it does. I never understood why none of the other branches challenged this at the time--the language in Article III doesn't support this to my mind--but that would describe about half of their decisions to me also.


73 posted on 06/19/2006 8:32:40 AM PDT by Comstock1 (If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.)
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