To: DJ MacWoW
We can rant and rave all we want and it will not change the situation. We have to use the system as it is at the present. That is why Presidential elections are so important.
This is a classic case of conflict between two amendments, the 1st and the 14th. Lets hope the 1st wins the battle.
We can cry all we want but from Marbury on the Supreme Court has the ability to determine what the Constitution says.
68 posted on
01/22/2014 8:15:45 AM PST by
prof.h.mandingo
(Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
To: prof.h.mandingo
The states, Jefferson wrote, “have the unquestionable right to judge of [the Constitution’s] infraction; and that a nullification, by [the states], of all unauthorized acts done under color of [the Constitution], is the rightful remedy.”
69 posted on
01/22/2014 8:19:48 AM PST by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: prof.h.mandingo
In the wake of Marbury v Madison, Jefferson wrote, in a letter to Abigail Adams, "... the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also, in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch." Simply put: if the Supreme Court has the power to say what is and is not constitutional, there is no limit to the court's power (and hence, to that of FedGov).
70 posted on
01/22/2014 8:22:26 AM PST by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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