[Borges]

That's why we should limit them to one term. However Hamilton explicitly stated that a Judiciate would have to declare a law void if it was repugnant to the Constitutional. If you intepret that otherwise then perhaps you're seeing a penumbra? :-)

[goldstategop]

Hamilton meant ultra vires as I did. That's the only sort of power British and until recently, Canadian courts where allowed. Other than that Parliament was the last word on the nature of the law.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)