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To: Jacquerie

What I’m saying is that the folks who founded this country would NEVER have entertained the idea that an arm of the federal government itself (the judiciary) would have the power to decide what the powers of the federal government were or were not so I guess the answer to our question is YES!


11 posted on 02/17/2011 12:28:02 PM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: Bigun

Two different issues.

The powers are enumerated and yes, there is no provision for any branch to unilaterally create more powers.

Judicial review as understood by the Framers is the third of three equal branches rendering an opinion of constitutionality. This is the power you would deny?


14 posted on 02/17/2011 1:01:53 PM PST by Jacquerie (Economic dependency begets political dependency. James Madison)
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