To: EternalVigilance
I agree with your interpretation of the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court never has, and that interpretation would come as a shock to most congresscritters, and probably to most Americans. So the question becomes, just what, specifically, do you propose the next president do to enforce our interpretation of those provisions, given that it flies in the face of precedent going back to the John Marshall court (which held that the Supreme Court gets the ultimate say on constitutional interpretation)?
515 posted on
11/05/2007 12:00:03 AM PST by
Hunton Peck
(If it weren't so late, I'd figure out a way to reduce my use of the word "interpretation".)
To: Hunton Peck
We’re not even there yet. The first step is to nominate someone who agrees with the Reagan pro-life platform - that unborn babies are persons and therefore protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
By the way, you might want to actually go read the closing paragraphs of Marbury vs. Madison. Marshall said it as clear as a bell: The court is subject to the Constitution.
All three branches are.
518 posted on
11/05/2007 12:04:34 AM PST by
EternalVigilance
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