Marbury v. Madison That's the case that changed everything.
Have fun with the reading some of it is pretty deep. > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:37 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Priceless quote from the Bush Administration > > Here's how I thought it went, correct me if i'm wrong (this is > simplified): > > -The check to the power of the President is Congress. > -Congress creates laws that must be followed by the President. > -The check on Congress is the Supreme Court, which rules whether the laws > passed by Congress are constitutional. > > So when the President attempts to exert a power (wire tapping) that may be > in violation of a law passed by Congress (already deemed constitutional), > who determines whether the President has broken that law? > > Wouldn't it be the courts? > > On 5/23/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Actually that's a power that the court took upon itself. > > > > Look into the roots of judicial activism. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:41 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Priceless quote from the Bush Administration > > > > > > Isn't that exactly what the courts are supposed to do???? > > > > > > On 5/23/06, Skorp Croze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ....The government argued in briefs that the courts cannot decide > the > > > > constitutionality of the president's asserted wartime powers to > > > > eavesdrop on Americans without warrants. > > > > > > > > WTF? > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/studs.wiretap.ap/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207345 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
