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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

What is unconstitutional is what ever the Supreme Court says is unconstitutional.


4 posted on 07/28/2006 2:50:53 PM PDT by Common Tator
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To: Common Tator
Tator opines:

What is unconstitutional is what ever the Supreme Court says is unconstitutional.

You misunderstand the Constitution. The supreme court issues opinions on cases of law & fact arising before it.

Enforcing the laws at issue are left to legislative & executive branches of State or Fed gov'ts; -- ~all~ officials of which are bound to support and defend the US Constitution as written, --- not as per the ~opinions~ of judges or other officials.

Thus the power of the 'law', and of all branches of gov't are continually checked & balanced by sworn individual officials & juries-; -- and if enough of these individual 'jurors', at any level of any branch, question the constitutional validity of specific 'laws', -- back they go to the USSC for further opinions.

That's how the system should work at least.. We all know that politically both sides are ignoring the constitution.

5 posted on 07/28/2006 3:38:57 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: Common Tator; quidnunc
While Quidnunc posted the article, he posted no comment, ergo, nothing to disagree with. While he did not state his view, I do not think that he agrees that the Supremes are the only and final arbiter of the constitution. If so, then I can also say that I still do not disagree with his unexpressed position.
9 posted on 07/28/2006 4:32:09 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (He who does not speak out is assumed to consent...)
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