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X_Digger

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15. That's always the first one cited, but judicial review was firmly entrenched..

Reply to unblock (Reply #13)

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 07:05 PM

Sep 2015

in the pre-constitutional state court systems.

Thom Hartmann went on a rant back when Citizens United was decided, claiming that the SCOTUS wasn't granted the power of judicial review, and therefore.. something-or-other-blah-blah-blah.

The wiki page has a lot of the history..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_review_in_the_United_States

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Someone smarter than I, give me some ammo to refute this - re: Kim Davis [View all] TlalocW Sep 2015 OP

This part is complete BS, SCOTUS rulings ARE law whether they like it or not steve2470 Sep 2015 #1

Agreed complete nonsense. Egnever Sep 2015 #2

Care to copy / paste the image here? I'm not turning adblock off just so they can get $0.001. n/t X_Digger Sep 2015 #3

Why bother? REP Sep 2015 #4

It seems to me that this guy is using faux logic. djean111 Sep 2015 #5

Thanks. You got it right, especially with your faux logic statement. Even Faux Noise IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2015 #11

We�re sorry, but a plugin/addon installed on your browser is interfering with the complete display.. L. Coyote Sep 2015 #6

You don't have to turn off Adblock. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #9

It's absolute nonsense and completely wrong. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #7

Marbury vs. Madison treestar Sep 2015 #8

Although courts don't create law in the LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #10

That's about the dumbest piece I've ever read. Vinca Sep 2015 #12

this takes the cake. he's disputing settled law from 1803. unblock Sep 2015 #13

That's always the first one cited, but judicial review was firmly entrenched.. X_Digger Sep 2015 #15

The law that she is breaking is violating a court order and the 14'th amendment (nt) LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #14

That's easy. The article (which is from a tin-foil hat type Bircher website) PatrickforO Sep 2015 #16

Oh, and let's not forget the 8th, 9th and 14th amendments... PatrickforO Sep 2015 #17