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> SCOTUS is governed by the constitution. It seems unpopular to point out this morning, but the vast majority of the power SCOTUS currently exercises is not en
by rootusrootus 2y ago
> SCOTUS is governed by the constitution.
It seems unpopular to point out this morning, but the vast majority of the power SCOTUS currently exercises is not enumerated anywhere in the Constitution. They gave it to themselves. Congress is by design the most powerful branch of the government and they absolutely can dramatically curtail the power of the judiciary if they want to.
I'd advise the folks who are quick with the downvote button to go learn more about the Constitution and in particular Article III. It is really fascinating and you can go down quite the rabbit hole learning about it.
- taylodl 2y agoWith a 2/3 majority, Congress has the power to do just about any damned thing they want. They have the power to remove any federal judge they want from the bench, they have the power to remove any SCOTUS judge they want from the bench, they even have the power to determine how many justices will serve on SCOTUS. They just need a 2/3 majority vote (Majority in the House, 2/3 in the Senate). The Founders new that the buck had to stop somewhere and if mistakes were made, someone had to be able to correct them. That entity is Congress. To keep "hanky panky" out of it, they demanded a 2/3 majority - wisely realizing if you can get 2/3 of Congress to agree on anything, then it's probably something extremely important!