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I find it hard to comprehend the reasoning behind this. Why would we second guess the very people we have placed into the position to make such important descisions in the first place. Mind you, some of the upcoming changes to the constitution may indeed need to be reviewed, but still.
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I REALLY hate to take the role of blaming activist judges, but in this case Congress is doing what the SC has been doing for years, they're taking over the powers of the other.
In the 60's they ruled the laws of Separate But Equal were unconstitutional, this was within their powers. However when they themselves make laws they overstepped their bounds, no matter how needed they were. The Supreme Court can ONLY INTERPRET the law, they can not make it. What this new law states is that the Congress is taking over the SC's job. It is unconstitutional, but personally I dont think they truely believed it was going to pass, I think it was a feinght warning to the SC about future actions.