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To: inquest
"That wasn't the holding in Marbury,"

Of course not. It was the result of the holding, and established the doctrine of judicial review.

"Since when is that a valid form of logic?"

Well, it sure beats the prior "logic" of Congress deciding what's constitutional. Or do you prefer that?

627 posted on 08/09/2004 9:30:05 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

"prior logic" lie bumpkin


628 posted on 08/09/2004 9:39:49 AM PDT by tpaine (No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another. - T. Jefferson)
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To: robertpaulsen
It was the result of the holding, and established the doctrine of judicial review.

Says who? The court?

Well, it sure beats the prior "logic" of Congress deciding what's constitutional.

That wasn't the logic prior to Marbury, either. Both types of "logic" are fundamentally the same in that they're completely circular. "So-and-so [fill in the blank] says they're the final arbiter of the Constitution, therefore they are". Why do you cling to that type of reasoning?

629 posted on 08/09/2004 9:52:08 AM PDT by inquest (Judges are given the power to decide cases, not to decide law)
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