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Old Aug 10, 2007, 05:30 pm   #194 (permalink) (top)
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It doesn't. But...

The Constitutional Dictionary - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net


They can approve laws that may seem Unconstitutional, can't they?
Article III does not give them that authority. Even more, they don't have the authority to interpret the Constitution itself - as it did when it decided that "public use" in the fifth amendment includes selling your land to a developer to build something that will generate more property taxes.

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Congress can pass a law that says that all left-handed black women have to serve a white male master for 7 years, starting with their 12th birthday. The Supreme Court decides whether or not that law is Constitutional.

But if the Supreme Court says it's Constitutional, then it's a law.
Just because the Supreme Court says it doesn't make it so. The Supreme Court is limited to what is contained in Article III (as amended). The Court has been usurping unconstitutional authority ever since Marbury v. Madison.


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