The case cannot be heard by the Supreme Court until it is heard by the lower court. If an individual feels that a law is unconstitutional, they must bring the case before their federal district court first.
The courts must be asked to do something; they can't simply do it on their own. That would be an activist judge, or legislating from the bench. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: 2 Branches of Gov't Enough. Congress regularly passes laws that violate the Constitution. Ultimately, the Supreme Court is there to determine if that is the case. -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153134 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
