To: Wolfie
Constitutionality has yet to be determined by the Supreme Court.
Are you suggesting that We The People are unable to read and understand a blatant Constitutional violation? Whether SCOTUS rules for or against this bilge, its still un-Constitutional. And We The People have the ultimate say in that. Period.
To: Lumberjack
I'm not suggesting anything. I'm telling you how it is. I don't like it any better than you do, but the fact is, the damn thing isn't worth the paper its written on when 9 people, accountable to no one, are the final arbiters of its meaning.
14 posted on
03/21/2002 8:34:02 AM PST by
Wolfie
To: Lumberjack
Actually, your comment shows that you clearly do not understand the countermajoritarian aspect of the Constitution. If you were correct and "we the people" decide what is and is not constitutional, "period," then you have just relegated us to pure democracy - a form of government that this nation has never had and never should have. We are a constitutional republic, with checks and balances and judicial review. And whether something is constitutional is determined by constitutional procedures, not the assertions of "we the people."
37 posted on
03/21/2002 11:14:36 AM PST by
lugsoul
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