[eyeamok]

You sir are an idiot, The People Decide what the Constitution means not the courts, The Constitution is written in language for the common Man, not Scumbag lawyers in dresses,

The Jury shall decide on the Law as well as the facts in controversy.

John Jay
1st Supreme Court Justice

if the government controls the law as well as the facts permitted into evidence, then guilt or innocence is irrelevant

[MarkL]

You sir are an idiot, The People Decide what the Constitution means not the courts, The Constitution is written in language for the common Man, not Scumbag lawyers in dresses,

Unfortunately, while he may be an idiot, he's right. The simple fact, whether we like it or not, IS that the Constitution "means" whatever the "Nine Anointed Ones" decide it means. How else do we explain Roe v Wade, or McCain/Feingold CFR. While these may be terrible law, completely at odds with the actual wording of the Constitution, it's the law of the land. As Dickens said, "The law is a (sic) ass!"

Mark

[Christopher Lincoln]

Chief Justice Jay has been overruled on this point. See the Supreme Court's decision in Sparf & Hansen v U.S, 156 United States Reports 51 (1895).

Yes, the date of that decision is 1895, not 1995. The erosion of our rights did not start recently.