To: Grut
Congress can't tell the Court how to do its jobOf course they can, it's their job. Article III, section 2 makes the Supreme Court subordinate to Congress in that the Court may exercise appellate jurisdiction ONLY subject to such regulations and exceptions as Congress shall make.
The fact that Congress has abdicated its power to regulate the Court does not mean the power does not exist.
To: Jim Noble
Congress cannot regulate the Court if the Court simply finds such regulation "in conflict" with some other part of the Constitution, which is an easy-as-pie no-brainer when you get to define any part of the Constitution as anything you want.
Impeachment isn't possible as long as 34 Dems are in the Senate. The SC can do anything it wants until you have a 2/3 maajority.
You think the Dems filibustering judicial appointments is bad. It takes a constitutional amendment to pass any law that five members of the SC don't like. And then they can still say it doesn't mean what it says.
This is why Dred Scott led directly to Civil War.
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