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Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by bobo1357 on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @03:39PM (#6054251)
So it's okay to pick and choose which texts to follow from our Constitution? The Constitution doesn't give Snowden the power to interpret it. It does however give that duty to our federal courts. Should we just ignore that part in our Constitution?
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Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by foobarbazqux on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @04:01PM (#6054371)
The only reason courts interpret the Constitution is because somebody brings forth a constitutional challenge. Often that discussion results from somebody breaking a law.

The point is if Congress passes an unjust law, a legitimate recourse is to force the issue by breaking it intentionally and asking a judge to decide.

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Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by ensignavenger on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @04:23PM (#6054497)
Where does the Constitution give sole authority for interpreting it to the Supreme Court? In fact, it does not even give that authority to the Supreme Court. Judicial review was not established directly in the COnstitution.
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Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by anigbrowl on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @05:40PM (#6054928)
Article III section 2:

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution...

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Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by jasonkolb on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @10:22PM (#6055803)
Here:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights... That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed , --

And here's the important part, pay attention:

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it

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