Although most of the Framers of the Constitution anticipated that the Federal judiciary would be the weakest branch of Government, the U.S. Supreme Court has come to wield enormous power with decisions that have reached into the lives of every citizen and resolved some of the most dramatic confrontations in U.S. history. The word of the Supreme Court is final. Overturning its decisions often requires an amendment to the Constitution or a revision of Federal law.

The power of the Supreme Court has evolved over time, through a series of milestone court cases. One of the Court's most fundamental powers is judicial review–the power to judge the constitutionality of any act or law of the executive or legislative branch.

Some of the Framers expected the Supreme Court to take on the role of determining the constitutionality of Congress's laws, but the Constitution did not explicitly assign it to the Court. Marbury v. Madison, the 1803 landmark Supreme Court case, established the power of judicial review. From the modest claim of William Marbury, who sought a low-paying appointment as a District of Columbia Justice of the Peace, emerged a Supreme Court decision that established one of the cornerstones of the American constitutional system.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will. ~ Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (6 Wheaton) 264, 387 (1821)

If the people got rid of Government(s) altogether, there would be no forced taxes, no arbitrary enforced regulations, and all law would become common for the people in Their local area. Large Governments are a result of people not believing that They can run Their own lives, absent a third surrogate party. Governments are also the result of people always wanting to have Their own way, no matter the consequences for the community as a whole, selfish to the bone, self centered, arrogant, filled with fear of lack, and self separation, the people have lost touch with Themselves, and are for the most part, unable or unwilling to break away from such defeating forms of behavior, and will forever remain slaves to Government on all levels, for lack of genuine cooperation and loyalty to Their respective local communities.

The best government is none at all, and isn't it time the human race at least graduate from kindergarten? The human race reminds me of a Kindergarten classroom, where all the seats are filled with people well beyond the age of looking anything less than silly sitting in them. What are we all afraid of? Trying something different, and maybe having it take a few generations to get going, maybe more, to get the bugs worked out. There are enough talented, capable people in this world  to at least try and make a go of life in America without government, and for those that can't seem to live without government in Their lives, separate Territories within the country could be setup for those that don't have enough stones to cut the umbilical cord.

FROM:  rod@thelastoutpost.com