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PhylliPretzel

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8. To any civil rights and voting rights the Congress can pass:

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 02:42 PM

May 2

Add the sentence to the effect that the Supreme Court may not review this legislation. If one reads the constitution, there is no provision for the Court to rule on congressional actions, i.e., "judicial review.". That was a power the court took unto themselves in the Marbury vs. Madison decision in 1803.

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Who Will Stand Up to the Supreme Court Justices? [View all] dalton99a May 2 OP

The people will demand our representatives do. So, us, the people. boston bean May 2 #1

Unfortunately red states are full of idiots, will we ever have the power? dem4decades May 2 #2

If talking to an idiot... -misanthroptimist May 2 #3

Probably not for another generation, not in my lifetime. displacedvermoter May 2 #6

Maybe they need to set limits bucolic_frolic May 2 #4

Right now we don't have the right type of President, Senate and House that they had in the 1860s LeftInTX May 2 #5

I was about to say... Wednesdays May 2 #7

To any civil rights and voting rights the Congress can pass: PhylliPretzel May 2 #8

A man with a six shooter, only need 6 dave99 May 2 #9

Question...... popsdenver May 2 #10

I've been waiting for the American Bar Association and an assortment of TENURED no_hypocrisy May 2 #11

The decision has been made by THIS supreme court and CONGRESS to attack and change everything American. bluestarone May 2 #12