- Moderator
- #81
according to the Constitution, you are wrong. They are the authority of it, as determined by the constitution, so if they rule it not in violation of the constitution, then it is right, regardless of what anybody thinks about it. It's how the gov't was set up
The Supreme Court is not the authority of the Constitution. The actual text of the Constitution is. And it never grants the Supreme Court authority over it. The Supreme Court is one of three coequal branches that has a duty to uphold and defend the Constitution. You are completely naive if you think that those who have held the office have always lived up to their oath.
The Supreme Court does not have authority to amend the Constitution by fiat, yet, they do so all the time. There are only two ways to amend the Constitution. Neither of those ways is through the Supreme Court.