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Old 02-02-2013, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Boreas View Post
The Constitution gives the Supreme Court no power to determine the constitutionality of US law. This is a right which the Supreme Court arrogated unto itself in Marbury v. Madison. Under the Constitution they're just the "court of last resort" in the US.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii

John
And a most beautiful case it is. Long live John Marshall! A classical fork maneuvre. The left sure did like the Warren Court and its activist rulings. Christ, I even miss some of those justices and their opinions.
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