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Originally Posted by ZX3  And round and round we go...
It may be your opinion that terrorism is not a threat. But that opinion is not shared by the executive. And he has the constitutional authority to make that deternation and to act upon it. | Actually, it is the judicial branch's job to interpret the Constitution, and the president's job to enforce it. The courts have the Constitutional authority, and the president does not. Quote: |
The courts do not have absolute authority. Everyone likes to talk about the "separation of powers" yet those people never seem to quite understand that powers are also separated AWAY from the legislative and judiciary. The power of the executive is not dependent upon the aquiescence of the legislative or judiciary. just like the power of the legislative is not dependent upon the aquiescence of the executive. And so on.
| The power of Judicial Review belongs to the court, not the president, as established by Marbury vs. Madison. Quote: |
Which is why it is not at all dysfunctional that USSC does not have "important information" which the executive has. The judiciary does not have authority in determining USA foreign policy or security policy.That is, constitutionally, the authority of the executive.
| The judiciary has the right to decide what the other branches and their own branch can and cannot do, according to the Constitution. My political compass
Economic Left/Right: 5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
Last edited by Dylan; 08-06-2006 at 09:18 PM.
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