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To: ComeUpHigher

As an obvious judicial supremacist, you fit well in the Romney camp. He’s one of the all-time champs.

If a court makes an obviously unconstitutional decision, whose responsibility is it to rein them in in your world? Have you ever heard the words “checks and balances”?


121 posted on 08/04/2007 1:42:40 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats??)
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To: EternalVigilance

Your response is what I predicted. Completely and utterly devoid of any substantive analysis of the actual text of the Constitution or constitutional jurisprudence.

And your response reflects a complete lack of understanding of the separation of powers enunciated in the Constitution for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government and how the authority of each acts as a check and balance against the other branches. The “checks and balances” derives from the express authority granted to each branch, not by the willy nilly decision of a President not to follow a decision rendered by the Supreme Court. In the entire history of the United States from 1787 when the Constitution was ratified until today, can you cite one single instance when the President has declared that he will not follow a decision rendered by the Supreme Court? That answer would be none.

Not only is it apparent you do not possess any formal legal education, but it is also apparent you probably didn’t do very well in your high school American government class.


126 posted on 08/04/2007 1:54:59 AM PDT by ComeUpHigher
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