The checks and balances go in both directions. The courts can decide something is unconstitutional, but the congress can then (via a lengthy process) ammend the constitution. They can also pass another law that more narrowly accomplishes something.
The President can do almost anything he wants (Executive order), but the Congress holds the purse strings, so he cannot spend money without them, and they can pass a specific law to stop him if they don't like it. On 5/23/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's how I thought it went, correct me if i'm wrong (this is simplified): > > -The check to the power of the President is Congress. > -Congress creates laws that must be followed by the President. > -The check on Congress is the Supreme Court, which rules whether the laws > passed by Congress are constitutional. > > So when the President attempts to exert a power (wire tapping) that may be > in violation of a law passed by Congress (already deemed constitutional), > who determines whether the President has broken that law? > > Wouldn't it be the courts? > > On 5/23/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Actually that's a power that the court took upon itself. > > > > Look into the roots of judicial activism. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:41 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Priceless quote from the Bush Administration > > > > > > Isn't that exactly what the courts are supposed to do???? > > > > > > On 5/23/06, Skorp Croze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ....The government argued in briefs that the courts cannot decide the > > > > constitutionality of the president's asserted wartime powers to > > > > eavesdrop on Americans without warrants. > > > > > > > > WTF? > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/studs.wiretap.ap/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207352 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
