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You would be wise to read the first line of the Constitution after the preamble (and continue to the end for that matter) "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress."

Since all power to write laws rests in the Congress, how much power is retained by the courts? None. They have no power to decide how we shall live. That is for the people themselves to decide.

Quite right and the ceeding of lawmaking to the judiciary by our elected officials is shameful. It's clearly a move enjoyed by both parties; conservatives can rail to the faithful about activist judges (and raise money) and commies can get their agenda implemented without it being voted on (and raise money).

It would be so nice to see Congress exercise their power to control the purse strings of the judiciary. It's my memory that the SCOTUS has only had their own quarters for a relatively short period of time; until 100 years ago (my memory may be faulty) they had quarters in the basement of the Capital building.

Wouldn't it be sweet to cut their budget so they were only able to hear 2-3 cases a year....

One can dream I guess.