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Agreed, although I would add that underestimating the Supreme Court’s ability to accrete power was another error. The English Commonlaw system had not prepared them for a juridical super legislature.

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Check out what happens to Supreme Courts in Banana Republics. It's not pretty.

Or as Andrew Jackson supposedly said:
"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!".

I think the Supremes had their decision made for them. This is all "window dressing".