Friday, March 22, 2019

The Supreme Court Is Not The Final Say On The Constitution by Benjamin R. Dierker

The Supreme Court Is Not The Final Say On The Constitution by Benjamin R. Dierker
The only national laws are the Constitution, congressional law, and treaties. Conspicuously missing are Supreme Court decisions. While the court is known for deciding the constitutionality of laws, its decisions are not themselves laws. In the strictest sense, the opinions rendered by the Supreme Court are binding only on the parties before it.
The Supreme Court is just that, a court. It was established to adjudicate cases and controversies before it. Courts cannot make general pronouncements of law; they exist to settle disputes.
I love this take on the Supremacy of the Supreme Court's decisions. I think the people are sovereign and should retake the power of "We the people..."

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