Our founding fathers believed that the Supreme Court was the weakest branch and that the legislative and executive branches would have ample abilities to check a Supreme Court that exceeded its powers.
See: White Paper on Combating Judicial Activism http://www.newt.org/solutions/protecting-life-and-religious-liberty
Having ample abilities is one thing, using them is another. I do not believe there is any way the founders could possibly have foreseen the executive and legislative branches being chock full of greedy crooks and criminals.