Of course the Supreme Court has the authority to check the power of the president. "Checks and balances" remember? President Bush invented a new catagory of fighter in order to circumvent the protection of the Geneva Conventions, and the Supreme Court called his bullshit.

Sure, but the executive has power under "checks and balances" itself.

And even if Bush invented a category of fighter (he did not), what authority does the court have in "calling his bullshit?" What are the checks which the courts have? So far, I have seen none presented. It seems that their authority is absolute.

As I mentioned before the court has the power of "judicial review" as established by Marbury v. Madison. The senate can impeach judges and remove them from office, so there's a check. The president nominates judges, so that's his check. The presidential powers presented in the Constitution are somewhat limited, since our founders tended to favor the Congress. This is all basic civics and American history. None of the branches have absolute authority.

Here's a nifty little diagram for you.


"Enemy combatant" is a new classification invented by the Bush administration specifically for the purpose of circumventing the Geneva Conventions. In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the courts ruled that the president has to give the basic rights of the accused to prisoners at Guatanamo Bay, and the protections afforded by the Geneva Conventions whether he considers them "Prisoners of War" or not.

We can't be the world police, isn't that GOD's job? Deprogram!

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/

Why are you paying so much taxes?

The Real Cost of US Support for Israel: $3 Trillion
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=831

We can not afford this welfare burden!

It's the Debt . Don't Forget It!!
http://www.uwsa.com/uwsa-usdebt.html

alias don't you hate being taxed to death for some foreign (roge) nation?
http://dict.die.net/rogue/

WANDERERS???????????

Wow... This is completely and totally irrelevant in every way.

Your argument is indeed that judicial power is absolute-providing that the executive and legislative do not object.

The powers which the executive and legislative have are their powers. Those powers cannot be limited by the judiciary. That is not a violation of "checks and balances" or "separation of powers," but rather its fruition.

I think all of Islam is a cult. There are certain things that make up a cult. I don't agree with Lutherans, but I don't call them a cult because they believe Jesus is the only way. What makes up a so-called "christian" cult is deviation from that as the only way. Jim Jones and David Koresh were cultists. They used the bible, but they did not preach and teach Jesus. That is the difference. The bible in the hands of nuts is very dangerous and leads many people to their ruin.

A so called Christian calling all of Islam a cult. Now I have seen it all.

It is a cult. Mohammed was a man of war, child molester, and murderer. That makes it a cult. Do you see Christians rioting in the streets burning dummies of muslim leaders? No. There is cultic behavior all over the entire world by muslims and you can't see it. But let a christian try to exercise his constitutional right to religious freedom and you pee your pants.

So your religion is better than thiers is what you are saying? That Christian people are better than Islamic?