Mind pointing out where the court has the authority to declare something unconstitutional in the constitution? You won’t find it because it is not there, the first USC made it up! The judiciary was never envisioned as a co-equal branch of government by the founders as they pretty much reserved that for the legislative and executive branches not a bunch of unelected judges.
It use to be the states that had the power to stop an out of control federal government by having the ability to leave if they didn’t like what was going on. The civil war put an end to that and basically put us on the path to a strong central federal government.
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Mind pointing out where the court has the authority to declare something unconstitutional in the constitution? You won’t find it because it is not there, the first USC made it up! The judiciary was never envisioned as a co-equal branch of government by the founders as they pretty much reserved that for the legislative and executive branches not a bunch of unelected judges.
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Ok, so if that all were true, then why do we even have a U.S. supreme court? You are the first person I’ve ever heard claim that the founders never envisioned the judicial branch as a co-equal branch of government.
“Mind pointing out where the court has the authority to declare something unconstitutional in the constitution?”
IIRC, try Article III, Sec. 2. of the Constitution; also see Marbury vs. Madison. Since the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, the Supreme Court does have that power and authority. That case and decision clarified it. Where on earth do you practice law, anyway?