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To: Electric Graffiti

Interesting. So who is the “final arbiter of the law” if not the courts?


21 posted on 12/11/2018 7:08:05 PM PST by Lakewood
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To: Lakewood

Everyone in the fed govt. takes an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. If the courts are the final arbiter and they don’t uphold their oath, then we’re farked. Which is where we stand today because the executive and legislature cede their powers to the courts.


25 posted on 12/11/2018 7:30:29 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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To: Lakewood

“Interesting. So who is the “final arbiter of the law” if not the courts?”

Congress. Ultimately, they can over-ride anything the court does and enshrine it in the constitution with the cooperation of state legislatures. Congress can disband the courts except for the Supreme court although they can remove all the justices of that one.
The final authority rests in the Congress.

You might note, the Supreme Court was not granted the power of final arbiter of the law by our founders. That “power” was it’s first extra-constitutional power grab.


30 posted on 12/11/2018 9:00:55 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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