Who do you think should have more power the elected government or the Supreme Court?
Horace
2012/08/05 17:17:14
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In my country in the last little while there have been a few cases of the courts weighing in on what many people say are political issues that are outside their jurisdiction due to the fact that the court is largely liberal while the government is conservative. This has lead to a lot of questions about how much power the courts should have over political events, so I was wondering about what you thought. Should the Supreme Court as the guardians of the constitution have power to control the state or should the real power stay in the hands of the elected government?
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- Lady Whitewolf 2012/08/05 19:58:43None of the above
THE PEOPLEreply - Morningstar 2012/08/05 19:56:02None of the aboveSeparate but equal...reply
- Rusty Shackleford 2012/08/05 18:22:24None of the above+1They have equal power, or at least they are supposed to have equal power.reply
- Wolf 2012/08/05 18:14:40None of the above+1The Constitution has the Separation of Powers Clause that limits the power of any entity unfortunately the Constitution is no longer enforced and the Americans are stupid...case in point the recent Obamacare Decision by the Court...the ruling stated the Law could be Constitutional if interpreted as a TAX instead of a PENALTY as the law is written...hence the LAW would need to be amended to be valid...meaning the Congress would need to amend and it would need to pass this change...something that seems to have been lost on the many small minds in this country but used to an advantage by the political powers...reply
- ☆astac☆ 2012/08/05 17:40:17The elected governmentThe supreme court actually has no enforcement powerreply
- FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/08/05 17:37:46None of the above+2Go buy a 7th Grade US History book and read the chapter on "Checks and Balances."reply
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Checks and balances are a great thing to have in theory but at the end of the day someone is going to end up with more power than the other one.reply
- FAWKES'... Horace 2012/08/05 18:00:17+1Yeah go back and REALLY read it this time.reply
- Savior 2012/08/05 17:37:02None of the above+2
reply - Lady Wh... Savior 2012/08/05 19:59:11+1agreedreply
- Al B Thayer 2012/08/05 17:32:04 (edited)UndecidedBalance please. It depends. If the general public votes on something. It should be pretty hard the overthrow. I think our system in place now is best. The founding fathers rock.reply
