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In reply to the discussion: Hey, Democratic Underground! Thom Hartmann called you out! [View all]chknltl
(10,558 posts)Thank you for posting this. I am no deep thinking scholar of the Constitution like some here but intuitively I sense the SCOUTUS is currently a power above and beyond We The Peoples elected representatives. I do not believe that our founding fathers intended it to be this way, your quote from T. Jefferson in part confirms this for me.
Intuitively, I do not believe that one leg of our three legs of government should have veto powers over the other two. Congress creates the asked for Legislation, the Executive branch signs it into law. That's two of three legs of our supposedly 'co-equal' government in agreement. One leg being able to veto the combined wills of the other two is not in my uniformed way of thinking: 'co-equal'!
I do not understand how these things work but it seems to me that the SCOTUS is beyond the reach of the true ultimate power of this great nation: We The People. In a government Of, By and For the People, that just doesn't seem right to me.