Is an Opinion of the Supreme Court the ‘Law of the Land’? Let’s ask Thomas Jefferson. . .

[JakeStarkey]

Nah, most protestants have no problem.

The far right renegade muslims, evangelicals, fundamentalists, and pentecostals do.

 

[danielpalos]

I am all for working with the most Excellent job our Founding Fathers did at the convention with our federal Constitution.

 

[ogibillm]

Yes...the Legislative Powers fall to the Legislative Branch....so....tell us what law the Supreme Court created.

They wrote a law saying all states must recognize queer marriage. It's been all over the news, doofus.

you are a special kind of dumb. the supreme court did not write the 14th amendment to the constitution.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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Time to start dealing with reality now. The Supreme Court has the final say on what is or isn't constitutional. Just deal with it, the rest of us do.

HAHAHA. That's what liberals always say - "This is how we do things and that's that". Unfortunately for you the constitution says courts cannot write laws. Deal with that.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

ss, the clerk denied equal access to government services.

No they didn't. Like everyone else queers are allowed to marry someone of the opposite sex but they are not allowed to marry someone of the same sex or a sibling or a dog. THINK

 

[ShootSpeeders]

The SCOTUS can not write law. But they CAN rule on the constitutionality of laws. .

Which is the same as repealing a law and that is a legislative function. Judges cannot write or repeal laws. It's in the constitution. THINK

 

[bodecea]

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Time to start dealing with reality now. The Supreme Court has the final say on what is or isn't constitutional. Just deal with it, the rest of us do.

HAHAHA. That's what liberals always say - "This is how we do things and that's that". Unfortunately for you the constitution says courts cannot write laws. Deal with that.

And they didn't...they struck down a law.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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They didn't write a law, they tossed out unconstitutional ones. That's in their job description.
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Really? Where does the constitution say that?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

No, they said that all anti-gay marriage laws are unconstitutional. Not the same thing.

They said all states must recognize queer marriage. That's a law, nitwit.

 

[ogibillm]

The SCOTUS can not write law. But they CAN rule on the constitutionality of laws. .

Which is the same as repealing a law and that is a legislative function. Judges cannot write or repeal laws. It's in the constitution. THINK

so you're in favor of legislatures being able to pass and enact unconstitutional laws.

 

[ogibillm]

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They didn't write a law, they tossed out unconstitutional ones. That's in their job description.
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Really? Where does the constitution say that?

is the constitution not the supreme law of the land?

 

[candycorn]

Opinion? No.
Decision? Yes.

Dumbfuck.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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so you're in favor of legislatures being able to pass and enact unconstitutional laws.

The voters act as a check on the legislatures. Who acts as a check on the supreme court, THINK

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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is the constitution not the supreme law of the land?

You don't understand the issue. Everyone agrees the C is the supreme law of the land. The issue is who decides whether a law is constitutional or not. The constitution does not directly say which, by the tenth amendment, means its up to the states. THINK

 

[bodecea]

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They didn't write a law, they tossed out unconstitutional ones. That's in their job description.
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Really? Where does the constitution say that?

Judicial review. Check your Middle School U.S. Government text.

 

[bodecea]

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is the constitution not the supreme law of the land?

You don't understand the issue. Everyone agrees the C is the supreme law of the land. The issue is who decides whether a law is constitutional or not. The constitution does not directly say which, by the tenth amendment, means its up to the states. THINK

The SCOTUS determines the Constitutionality of laws.

 

[bodecea]

[
so you're in favor of legislatures being able to pass and enact unconstitutional laws.

The voters act as a check on the legislatures. Who acts as a check on the supreme court, THINK

The President, by appointing Justices and the Senate by approving or disapproving the President's choice.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"Is an Opinion of the Supreme Court the ‘Law of the Land’? Let’s ask Thomas Jefferson. . ."

That decisions of the Supreme Court are the supreme law of the land is settled, accepted, and beyond dispute, as originally intended by the Framers, the Founding Generation, and the American people who read, understood, and ratified the Constitution:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

US Constitution, Article VI

 

[ogibillm]

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is the constitution not the supreme law of the land?

You don't understand the issue. Everyone agrees the C is the supreme law of the land. The issue is who decides whether a law is constitutional or not. The constitution does not directly say which, by the tenth amendment, means its up to the states. THINK

you aren't thinking.
if the constitution is supreme than any law in conflict with it is null. if a case comes before the court in which the argument is over a perceived conflict between the constitution and a statute the court must make that decision. when the supreme court has done so since they are the highest court in the land there is no appeal and the lower courts are bound to that decision. the effect then is that every court case involving that conflict is an automatic loser
so you tell me how a court case would be decided if the supreme court is not allowed to consider the constitutionality of a law

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Yes...the Legislative Powers fall to the Legislative Branch....so....tell us what law the Supreme Court created.

They wrote a law saying all states must recognize queer marriage. It's been all over the news, doofus.

Wrong.

They ruled on existing laws to determine their constitutionality in the context of 14th Amendment jurisprudence.