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To: goldstategop
We need to pass a law declaring that Congress has the final word on constitutional interpretation ...

That's circular as can be.

54 posted on 07/09/2005 4:05:40 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
The idea is the courts look to Congress on what is constitutional and they follow its rulings. A court could only declare a law ultra vires that is, a law that makes something not delegated to Congress by the Constitution. With judicial review gone, all other laws are presumed constitutional and the courts have a manifest duty to uphold them. Nothing circular about it.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
65 posted on 07/09/2005 4:13:43 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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