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William769

(55,139 posts)

1. It's really simple.

Reply to chknltl (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 11:44 PM

Jun 2013

Legislative Branch writes the laws, the executive branch enforces the laws and the juridical branch interprets the laws. Yes it's that simple.

Supreme Court justices can be impeached, thats where the checks & balances come into play. So Scalia if you don't like your job because when you throw a temper tantrum and don't get your way, do the honorable thing & quit (trust me you won't be missed).

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Did Justice Scalia get it right? [View all] chknltl Jun 2013 OP

It's really simple. William769 Jun 2013 #1

Yesterday's SCOTUS interpretation was nothing more than an interpretation? chknltl Jun 2013 #3

They never overturn anything. William769 Jun 2013 #6

If youre talking about the VRA case, Volaris Jun 2013 #2

A caller to Hartmann's program suggested this remedy: chknltl Jun 2013 #9

Not a good idea. Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #18

Small disagreement - The 3 branches of government cannot be "co-equal"....... suston96 Jun 2013 #4

The 'co-equal' notion came from an old civics class. chknltl Jun 2013 #12

I made that mistake years ago..... suston96 Jun 2013 #15

Chief Justice John Marshall's words from 1821 just put a huge smile on my face. chknltl Jun 2013 #17

scalia selected bush as president and ignored democrasy samsingh Jun 2013 #5

Yeah, he aint on my Christmas card list either. nt chknltl Jun 2013 #14

I would say that yes, the SC does get to over-rule the other branches, and thwart petronius Jun 2013 #7

One other thing is SCOTUS has no enforcement capability Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #8

That is not why DOMA ended up in front of SCOTUS, Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #20

Wow. So of the three they do have the most power chknltl Jun 2013 #16

In response to several of the posts here Revanchist Jun 2013 #10

Justice Scalia is contridictding himself in regards to how he ruled on Citizens United. Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #11

No, he didn't get it right. And he completely contradicted himself with his VRA opinion, pnwmom Jun 2013 #13

The fact that our Supreme Court is partisan one way or the other just shows how corrupt our liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #19

No. Iggo Jun 2013 #21