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+1 to this. More generally, I feel that one of the main reasons the Supreme Court is such a powerful body nowadays, and why cases like this are considered so i
by returningfory2 6y ago
+1 to this.
More generally, I feel that one of the main reasons the Supreme Court is such a powerful body nowadays, and why cases like this are considered so important, is because Congress has become so ineffectual. We have internalized the idea that the Supreme Court has the last word on every matter before it. But it emphatically does not. The Supreme Court is only the last word on constitutional cases. So many decisions - this one, certain decisions on gerrymandering - are completely overturnable by Congress.
- mindcrime 6y agoMore generally, I feel that one of the main reasons the Supreme Court is such a powerful body nowadays, and why cases like this are considered so important, is because Congress has become so ineffectual. We have internalized the idea that the Supreme Court has the last word on every matter before it. But it emphatically does not. The Supreme Court is only the last word on constitutional cases. So many decisions - this one, certain decisions on gerrymandering - are completely overturnable by Congress. I agree 100% with those sentiments.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> The Supreme Court is only the last word on constitutional cases. No more so than statutory or any other cases; just as regulation can be changed by the executive and statute can be changed by the Congress, the Constitution can be amended by the process set out in the document itself. The Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of the current state of the law, but no law that it applies, including the Constitution, is immutable.