...And a disarmed populace.
This is a great post and ping for later. Also, the dirty little secret is that congress routinely ignores Malbury by witting into some “pet” laws that the courts have no jurisdiction. I also recall that in the Endangered Species Act Congress wrote in a mechanism to overturn court decisions. Congress chooses to use the court for political cover to impose the tyranny on the people so they have clean hands.
A key constituional provision is Congress’ power to restrict matters from consideration by the court. That power has been used......NEVER.
In the US today, we have the 3 branches of government competing on who can be the biggest tyrant. It’s a race to the bottom, who will win? Will the courts/judges win? Will Congress win? Will Obama win? Who is the dirtiest?