The Supreme Court is often said to interpret the Constitution. If it did this then much of the present confusion might be avoided, thats to say if it, gave an opinion on the validity of a law before that aw was passed, Tt waits until a case Drought before it involving she lave, then in considering all law which has a bearing on the case it considers the supreme law of the land, the Constitution.
The President's supporters maintain that this power has been usurped and that the founding fathers never in-fended the Court to take the Constitution under review but to assume that Congress (bound by oath to protect it) had the Constitution mind when legislating and would not violate its prineipl His opponents reply that Congress only debates in actual fact the desirability of legislation before it not its constitutionality. They rely upon the courts to say whether or no they have gone beyond their powers.
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