RetiredGySgt
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Does the court have the authority and power to strike down Federal laws passed by the Congress and signed by the President?
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They do if the laws are unconstitutional, imho.Does the court have the authority and power to strike down Federal laws passed by the Congress and signed by the President?
Independents are going to be scared to death by a POTUS who does not follow the basics of the Constitution (regardless of the fact that he was a PC appointement to the Harvard Law Review).
Independents are going to be scared to death by a POTUS who does not follow the basics of the Constitution (regardless of the fact that he was a PC appointement to the Harvard Law Review).
You know, unless a person reads conservative blogs or news, the average Joe won't even hear about this latest Obama assault on America.
Well I guess that depends on how you look at it. The SCOTUS seized the power of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison and Jefferson just went with it because he was between a rock and a hard place. According to the constitution they are not guaranteed that power...according to tradition they are. Basically, the answer is "yes" they do but not because they are constitutionally guaranteed such power. It's because Chief Justice John Marshall said so and no one bitched.
Yes. When there is a plain showing that Congress has exceeded its constitutional bounds. United States v. Morrison (2000).
It is also incumbent upon the Court to exercise judicial restraint and respect the will of the people as expressed through their elected representatives.
It is a deference due to deliberate judgment by constitutional majorities of the two Houses of Congress that an Act is within their delegated power . . . . United States v. Five Gambling Devices (1953).
These seemingly conflicting extremes can be addressed appropriately by jurists acting in good faith, their decisions based upon an objective analysis of the evidence and review of the case law.
I will go out on a limb and make a prediction that few on the left answer this question.