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Originally Posted by Monk-Eye  He said when ``the judiciary lowers its guard on the Constitution, it opens the door to far-reaching invasions of liberty.'' |
Yes.
Like the wholesale taxing of the people to support the welfare state,
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He said Congress, in the original USA Patriot Act and less so in a 2005 revision, had essentially tried to legislate how the judiciary must review challenges to the law. If done to other bills, they ultimately could all ``be styled to make the validation of the law foolproof.''
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Congress has the power to create lower courts and define their jurisdiction.
Further, congress, in the law, has the power to define the words used in the law, including how terms shall be used and interpreted.