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To: ElayneJ

Yes, but only in their venue and jurisdiction. The Judicial Branch ONLY Decides Constitutional issues for the JUDICIAL Branch. The Executive branch and the Legislative can decide for themselves what is permitted under the Constitution. Read some history and you will find countless examples of the Executive and Legislative branches telling the USSC of Despots to go pound Watermelons. Try Andrew Jackson with regards to revoking the Charter of the Central Bank (biddle). USSC said he couldn’t do it, he did it anyway, and told the public that the USSC can only decide for themselves what was constitutional.

The legislative Branch does however have the power under the Constitution to ELIMINATE any Judicial Revue of the lwas they pass, they have done it before but very rarely.


47 posted on 04/20/2009 9:18:40 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

Are you saying that, by design, the individual branches are responsible for policing their own actions?
Granted, the obama administration has exercised rights it does not have, but that’s exactly why we need to bring back the Constitution as the working framework it ws meant to be. The judicial branch does have the authority to declare laws unconstitutional, thereby checking the power of the other two branches and creating a balance among them.


48 posted on 04/20/2009 9:43:27 AM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: eyeamok

It seems like Jackson was the only one who really went out of his way to disregard the SC on constitutional issues. I guess there are others?

Do you really want to live in a country where Obama gets to decide the limits of his power? Or any President of any political persuasion? That could be a scary place in a hurry.


49 posted on 04/20/2009 9:49:56 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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