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Old 01-31-2013, 09:13 PM
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Which is also open to interpretation, otherwise we would have no need for the Supreme Court. I just happen to believe more along the lines of Cooley.
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

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