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To: inquest
See #40

Saw it. Don't know where you came up with that analysis but it's essentially incorrect.

50 posted on 02/11/2004 11:09:49 AM PST by gdani (Have you played Atari today?)
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To: gdani
Nothing in the Constitution gives courts the power to strike down laws. They can only decide cases. Resolving a particular case may involve declaring that a law is invalid, but that declaration really has no direct authority beyond that particular case. Indirectly, of course, it puts pressure on other courts to resolve cases according to the same conclusion, but that's about the extent of the judicial "nullification" power. Everything beyond that is just a result of politicans "going along to get along".
51 posted on 02/11/2004 11:32:17 AM PST by inquest (The only problem with partisanship is that it leads to bipartisanship)
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