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Comment by immibis

6 hours ago

IIRC didn't the courts empower themselves to interpret the constitution? Nothing in the constitution says they can. Of course, since they interpret the constitution, they can just insert an interpretation that says they interpret the constitution...

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FergusArgyll  3 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison

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