this thread went downhill fast
oh supreme court is trying to take away more rights?
how expected
-contraceptives
-same sex marriage
all this because a president not elected by the majority of the people due to electoral collage
put in 3 lying justices who do what the GOP wants done
the SC is about politics, not about right vs wrong Originally Posted by timmystool
I can see how this could be confusing for you. You see, the Constitution isn't about what's right and what's wrong. That is for our Legislatures to decide. You see, the Supreme Court has one job and one job only and I'll give you a hint, it is not there to decide right and wrong. It is there to see if laws passed by Congress and by States, are Constitutional not right or wrong.
Now here is where it gets even more confusing so hang in there and see if you can follow along. It is there to separate enumerated powers given to the federal government, like matters of war and peace and all the other powers not given and clearly spelled out in the Constitution as having federal authority, shall be left up to the people through their Representatives in each state and that is called "Federalism".
Once you understand this, listen to me, like you are ever going to understand this.
And you see the problem with deciding what is right and what is wrong belongs to the people, not a few people who think "they" get to decide what is right and what is wrong. Your vote carries no more weight than my vote and if you can't come to terms with that revolutionary idea, you are going to have a very uncomfortable time with this "law" stuff.
Oh, and the Supreme Court can not annul a Constitutional Amendment.
Can Amendments Be Repealed? Any existing constitutional amendment can be repealed but only by the ratification of another amendment. Because repealing amendments must be proposed and ratified by one of the same two methods of regular amendments, they are very rare.S
The United States Supreme Court has never invalidated a constitutional amendment
on the grounds that it was outside the amending power. It has, however, considered the content of an amendment as presenting a justiciable question.