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Originally Posted by smooth
martinguerre, in all fairness, I'm certain dawsig is well aware of marbury v. madison. he is an attorney, after all. and wouldn't be worth squat if he didn't  |
no...i get it. but the point i'm trying to draw is that he is assuming that popularist support is the only authority, second to the courts. i suggest that if we're being realistic...it's not that way and hasn't been for some time.
activist judges? Marshall was the granddaddy of 'em all. and i think part of the blessing of that...there are curses as well...is that sometimes we don't have to wait as a nation for everyone to realize that it's not okay to be bigots.