To: hedgetrimmer
"...Where are you from? Don't you know the Constitution was written in very plain language so even the most lowly citizen could understand it?.."
I'll tell you where I'm from. The USA. A place which has a supreme court, which is charged with interpreting law, including the constitution. Like it or not, someone has the ultimate responsibility, and they're the ones. You don't get to make it up as you go along... only they do. Right or wrong, that particular power is theirs.
432 posted on
01/13/2004 10:51:30 AM PST by
jim35
To: jim35
within the context of the intentions of the founders.
That means anyone should be able to read the constitution, and understand what it means. The supreme court does not have the ultimate responsiblity, Congress does, because if the supremes interpret the law in a way that is contrary to the will of the people and to the constitution, congress can make a law nullifying the court decision.
And since congress is a representative government elected to serve the sovereign citizens of this country, it means that WE have the ultimate responsibility, because we can petition congress or unelect them or impeach them.
The purpose of the constitution is to give limited power to the government and all other powers, explicit or derived to the people.
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