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To: wirestripper
The courts have granted the executive branch special powers

I think that just about says it all regarding which branch is currently above itself, don't you? The public (through the Constitution) "grants powers." The courts have no authority.

101 posted on 10/21/2003 7:54:02 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Where am I? Who are all these kids, and why are they calling me Mom?)
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To: Tax-chick
The public (through the Constitution) "grants powers." The courts have no authority.

Uhh.........????

I am afraid I do not follow that logic.

As far as I know, the "vote" is where the power resides in the people.

Under the Constitution the Court has the responsibility and the rights to interpret the law. And to make a judgment regarding the law. That authority is their purview.

102 posted on 10/21/2003 8:01:06 AM PDT by Cold Heat ("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
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To: Tax-chick
The public (through the Constitution) "grants powers."

Yes, excellent point. Too few people realize that, I think.
103 posted on 10/21/2003 8:01:18 AM PDT by iowamomforfreedom (Why is it illegal to starve an animal but not a human being?)
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To: Tax-chick
I liked what that one congressman said last night, i.e., we pass unconstitutional laws all the time, and then let the courts hash them out later.

The spectacle of watching hypocrites and liars drape themselves in the flag, as they use it to cloak their true intentions -- to kill the innocent because a major industry is lobbying HARD for the right to kill for profit -- was enough to gag a maggot.
109 posted on 10/21/2003 8:28:33 AM PDT by Don Joe
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