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To: Wonder Warthog
Even Amendments must be compatible with the principles of the Constitution. -- Marshall said as much in M v M, -- that any law 'repugnant', - is null & void.

A Constitutional Amendment is not a "law". It is a completely different animal.

The Constitution and its Amendments are the "Law of the Land". -- See Article VI.

199 posted on 07/09/2005 11:06:29 PM PDT by musanon
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To: musanon
"The Constitution and its Amendments are the "Law of the Land". -- See Article VI."

Which is not the same thing as "a law passed by Congress". I say again---Amendments to the Constitution are NOT the same as laws passed by Congress. The Supreme Court has no power to nullify such.

209 posted on 07/10/2005 3:46:30 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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