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To: JD86
Only lawyers think like that. In reality, an "unconstitutional" law is null and void from the moment it is signed by the executive. The national government won't recognize that nullity until the Supremes have ruled, but that doesn't change the fact.
323 posted on 11/24/2001 3:01:46 PM PST by savedbygrace
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To: savedbygrace
In reality, an "unconstitutional" law is null and void from the moment it is signed by the executive. The national government won't recognize that nullity until the Supremes have ruled, but that doesn't change the fact.

Guess what? If the federal government doesn't recognize the law is null and void....it isn't null and void. And the Supremes, as you so blithely refer to them, are a co-equal branch of goverment under the Constitution. So, under the Constitution, no law is un-constitutional until the US Supreme Court says so.
Sorry, your opinion of the law has no legal weight.

326 posted on 11/24/2001 3:22:17 PM PST by JD86
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