Article 3, Section 2...
...the Supreme Court:
" The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States;— between a State and Citizens of another State,—between Citizens of different States,—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. "
...maybe somebody could explain to me how the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution itself...
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Maybe we should suggest to Sam, Clarence et al that it's NOT in the Constitution so it doesn't exist.
"...Marbury v. Madison. In this decision, the Chief Justice asserted that the Supreme Court's responsibility to overturn unconstitutional legislation was a necessary consequence of its sworn duty to uphold the Constitution. "
...couldn't each branch find or make a similar assertion and assume un-Constitutional power?
...to my layman's eye they appear to have granted powers unto themselves...
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...but shouldn't the other two branches have a say in the meaning of the Constitution itself if the Supreme Court's interpretation becomes questionable?
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...I don't understand...
...and the Supreme Court would declare it un-Constitutional since they appointed themselves the final arbiters of the meaning of the Constitution...
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