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To: Mind-numbed Robot

There was a call for constructionist judges right here on FR while Pres Bush was making his recent selection. The term constructionist was used during the original constitutional debates and it was taken as a negative by those who opposed Federalism, especially as the USSC was seen as with unlimited, supreme power, with no authority over them to reverse decisions.


95 posted on 07/30/2005 4:31:19 PM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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To: RightWhale
...as the USSC was seen as with unlimited, supreme power, with no authority over them to reverse decisions.

I am afraid you don't understand that either. Our government has three coequal branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary with a series of checks and balances to keep any one from becoming all powerful. Supreme Court Justices can be impeached by the Congress. Their rulings can be overturned by acts of Congress. The Executive can ignore them. The entire court can be eliminated by a constitutional amendment.

The idea that the court's rulings can't be overturned because they become precedent is a myth pushed by the left to keep their unconstitutional court rulings in place.

114 posted on 07/30/2005 5:12:39 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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