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To: inquest
Well, I'm sure you know that you won't find many Founders who thought that the Legislature wasn't to interpret the Constitution LOL!

That view has gone out of favor though with the court's long history of supremacy in the matter.
I suppose the present view is that the legislature can interpret but if the court disagrees the court wins.

The legislature does have a role to play in writing laws you know.
Here they are writing laws about "reasonable" searches.

96 posted on 03/15/2003 4:19:52 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: mrsmith
Well, I'm sure you know that you won't find many Founders who thought that the Legislature wasn't to interpret the Constitution LOL!

That's exactly true. You won't find too many. That's called "sitting in judgment of its own cause". The legislature was to be restrained by the Constitution, not interpret its way out of those restraints.

The legislature does have a role to play in writing laws you know.

...within the limits prescribed by the Constitution. They're not allowed to write laws that in any way tinker with those limits.

97 posted on 03/15/2003 4:28:46 PM PST by inquest
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