To: Wolfie
Whatever 9 lifetime political appointees say it says.
That's their opinion.
If we let them get away with it - meaning, we don't take steps to overrule them through the other branches - then We, the People will have concurred. But it is that concurrence that makes it so. The most important words in the Constitution are not, "We, the Justices of the Supreme Court . . . do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." It's "We, the People. . ."
In some cases - in fact, in a lot of cases - I find the logic and decisions of the Supreme Court to be compelling, and so I - as one of We, the People - agree with what they say the Constitution says. In a few high-profile cases I disagree. If enough people agree with me (and not with them), then we have the ultimate power to 'interpret' the Constitution through the ballot box.
Unfortunately, for a lot of "We, the People" the faded words aren't worth the parchment they cover. But that is our fault, not the justices. They're just politicians who are getting away with it.
23 posted on
09/15/2011 10:12:13 AM PDT by
Phlyer
To: Phlyer
Every President, Congressman and Senator swears to uphold the Constitution, thus each are under oath to not pass bills that by their reading, violate the Constitution.
Oh and their oath is not to what the Supreme Court says the Constitution means.
If conservatives take back Congress and the Presidency, it is high time to invoke their Article III power to limit Scotus power subject to “such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.”
Any yes, since we the sovereign people granted only certain powers, it is up to us to keep government within enumerated bounds.
42 posted on
09/15/2011 11:28:00 AM PDT by
Jacquerie
(Our Constitution put the Natural Law philosophy of the Declaration into practice.)
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