The first of two entries inspired by chronarchy's newfound anti-RepublicanismI'm certainly not the first one to point this out, but it's quite ironic that this past Monday we had two things happening simultaneously
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I despise that term. I've been hearing it for a while.
Someone in Congress was recently talking about overturning Marbury v. Madison because that's where "judicial activism" started.
Of course, the guy had a point: the Supreme Court doesn't have the right to overturn laws on the basis of constitutionality according to the Constitution. They kind of gave themselves that power. But I personally think it's *very* justified.
Time to go read my constitution to make sure I'm right about that previous paragraph. . .
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I despise that term. I've been hearing it for a while.
Someone in Congress was recently talking about overturning Marbury v. Madison because that's where "judicial activism" started.
Of course, the guy had a point: the Supreme Court doesn't have the right to overturn laws on the basis of constitutionality according to the Constitution. They kind of gave themselves that power. But I personally think it's *very* justified.
Time to go read my constitution to make sure I'm right about that previous paragraph. . .
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