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To: Henrietta
And it says that people have a right to trial by jury, which implicates a right for the jury to decide facts and law.

So, in each and every trial, each and every jury has the right to decide the "constitutionality" of every law used to indict the accused?

LOL!!!!

13 posted on 01/08/2004 6:33:10 AM PST by sinkspur (Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
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To: sinkspur
LOL!!!!

Keep laughing. In fact, it could be said that our legal system is in such a mess because jurors have been mislead as to their power to judge the law BY the judiciary.

Read some Spooner. You just may learn something...

14 posted on 01/08/2004 6:36:41 AM PST by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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To: sinkspur
"So, in each and every trial, each and every jury has the right to decide the "constitutionality" of every law used to indict the accused? "

We aren't necessarily talking about the "constitutionality" of the law, per se. But the jury gets to decide whether the law as set forth will be applied to this particular defendant. They are not required to apply the law that the judge gives them; they are independent.

And Marbury v. Madison doesn't have anything to do with juries.
253 posted on 01/09/2004 6:47:18 AM PST by Henrietta
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