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That ship's already sailed. We already depend on the scotus to "fill in the details" in deciding & applying the intent of the constitution & bill of rights. H
by soneil 11y ago
That ship's already sailed. We already depend on the scotus to "fill in the details" in deciding & applying the intent of the constitution & bill of rights. Hell, we've already struck down amendments in their entirety (think Prohibition).
This is a task they're already well equipped for, well practiced in, and pretty much designed for.
(And I believe it was always meant to be this way. The wisest idea "the founding fathers" left us with, was that of amendments - that none of this was carved in stone, nor should it be, nor could be.)
- DrScump 11y agoProhibition (the Volstead Act) was "struck down" by the formal Constitutional Amendment process, not by the courts or by statute process.