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In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartmann: Democratic Underground Readers are Wrong on SCOTUS [View all]chknltl
(10,558 posts)If Congress proposes a piece of legislation and the POTUS passes it into law, can the SCOTUS stop, (rescind, veto, overturn), this law?
If the answer is yes, then please explain to me in as simple terms as I am asking the following: How is one third of a co-equal government able to do what the other two can not do?
For instance, can the Executive branch overturn the combined efforts of the Legislative and the Judicial? Conversely can the Legislative branch overturn the will of the combined efforts of the Judicial and the Executive branches?
Yes, I know the two examples I gave do not reflect the way our government works*, I use the examples here to illustrate something I see as undemocratic in our democracy. If the SCOTUS has the power to nullify the combined will of the Legislative and Executive branches, in my opinion that, by definition negates the notion that they are co-equal.
Furthermore it makes the SCOTUS the most powerful branch of government in the land.
*Executive alone with such power, kings and dictators. Legislative alone with such power would be the preferred government of fascists and corporatists. Neither is acceptable by those who strongly believe in a government of by and for its citizenry.