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I'm also aware of that, but again, it doesn't really answer anything regarding the US. The constitution literally has an amendment process written into it. If C
by dataflow 3y ago
I'm also aware of that, but again, it doesn't really answer anything regarding the US. The constitution literally has an amendment process written into it. If Congress could just review its own statutes and say "yup that's constitutional" then they'd easily defeat the amendment process.
- dragonwriter 3y agoI was underlining the structural differences stemming from Parliamentary sovereignty, not offering it as an answer to anything regarding the US.
- dataflow 3y agoThanks I guess, but in that case I'm confused how the UK was at all relevant to the discussion.
- patmorgan23 3y agoThe US is a former English colony and much of our law is based on/has its origin in English common law. When the framers were writing the constitution they were trying to fix many of the perceived problems with the Westminster system