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Dangers of Judicial Activism/Supremacy: Protect Religious Freedom | Protect Religious Liberty
The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide upon the constitutionality of any bill or resolution which may be presented to them for passage or approval as it is of the supreme judges when it may be brought before them for judicial decision. The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both
It's not democracy, it's a constitutional republic.
The issue is over. SCOTUS decides.
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Dangers of Judicial Activism/Supremacy: Protect Religious Freedom | Protect Religious Liberty
The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide upon the constitutionality of any bill or resolution which may be presented to them for passage or approval as it is of the supreme judges when it may be brought before them for judicial decision. The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both
Nowhere does the constitution say only the SCOTUS may interpret it. All 3 branches have equal authority to do so and if any branch should be denied the authority it should be the federal judiciary since they are NOT elected.
Nowhere does the constitution say only the SCOTUS may interpret it. All 3 branches have equal authority to do so and if any branch should be denied the authority it should be the federal judiciary since they are NOT elected.
It's not democracy, it's a constitutional republic.
The issue is over. SCOTUS decides.
You'd like it to be over but it isn't. Nowhere does the constitution give the SCOTUS such enormous power. Thomas Jefferson thought the idea insane.
It's not democracy, it's a constitutional republic.
The issue is over. SCOTUS decides.
You'd like it to be over but it isn't. Nowhere does the constitution give the SCOTUS such enormous power. Thomas Jefferson thought the idea insane.
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Dangers of Judicial Activism/Supremacy: Protect Religious Freedom | Protect Religious Liberty
The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide upon the constitutionality of any bill or resolution which may be presented to them for passage or approval as it is of the supreme judges when it may be brought before them for judicial decision. The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both
Nowhere does the constitution say only the SCOTUS may interpret it. All 3 branches have equal authority to do so and if any branch should be denied the authority it should be the federal judiciary since they are NOT elected.
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Dangers of Judicial Activism/Supremacy: Protect Religious Freedom | Protect Religious Liberty
The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide upon the constitutionality of any bill or resolution which may be presented to them for passage or approval as it is of the supreme judges when it may be brought before them for judicial decision. The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both
Nowhere does the constitution say only the SCOTUS may interpret it. All 3 branches have equal authority to do so and if any branch should be denied the authority it should be the federal judiciary since they are NOT elected.
It's not democracy, it's a constitutional republic.
The issue is over. SCOTUS decides.
You'd like it to be over but it isn't. Nowhere does the constitution give the SCOTUS such enormous power. Thomas Jefferson thought the idea insane.
Of course, the constitution did not give the court the power to interpret the constitution. The court simply took that power unto themselves in a famous court case, and is now accepted as fact.
The irony is that some of the court justices usually want to interpret the constitution by sticking to the original intentions of the founders as written, even though the Marshall Court did not.
If SCOTUS is not the ultimate arbiter then who is?
As for me, I consider both Jefferson and Jacskson as loose cannons.Both of them chose to ignore the Constitution when they saw fit, and Jackson did so with open defiance, by refusing to enforce Supreme Court decisions.
Newt Gingrich has also said he opposes judicial supremacy. It has been a controversial issue since america was founded. To me it is absolutely idiotic to say the unelected supreme court has final say on every issue!!! What kind of democracy is that?
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Andrew Jackson was entitled to his own opinions and lunacies, but this issue has been settled over and over again. and btw, wtf did Jackson have to do with the US Constitution?
