All three branches, and in fact every officer of the United States, takes an oath to defend the Constitution.
Pray tell how they can keep that oath if they can't interpret it?
In fact, they have a duty to interpret, and enforce it. The executive, the legislative, and the judicial branch.
If one branch fails in this sworn duty, the other two branches have a sworn duty to check them.
Gosh, the public schools have really dumbed down the understanding of basic civics...
And these candidates, historical and constitutional morons that most of them are, are dumbing down the Republican electorate, and sadly, FReeperdom.
Exactly. So you're proposing that, if some army first louie agrees with us, he should drive his tank over and start leveling abortion mills, or the Supreme Court building, or . . . what?
I guess I'll have to check out of this discussion until I get some sleep. It's too late for me to argue at the level of abstraction you seem to be going for. If this thread is still alive tomorrow evening, I might be back.
EV wrote: “Gosh, the public schools have really dumbed down the understanding of basic civics...”
Forgive me for my ignorance of “basic civics,” and let me know when you’ve convinced the president and Congress to try it your way.