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Is it Constitutional?

Does Government have the power to tell people what to eat everyday?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 5.0%

  • No

    Votes: 18 90.0%

  • Other (Explain)

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • Total voters
    20
Groucho said:
Amazing. I never knew that you were smarter than every single lawyer and judge that has ever existed. Who knew? Guess we should just replace the Supreme Court with you, since you apparently are the world's leading legal expert.
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Apparently he is smarter. He happens to be right, though our reality we've built would never support such blatant honesty.
 
Ockham said:
1. Watch the clip.



2. Take the poll.


P.S. I know it's a hypothetical question and I know Kagan said she doesn't think the court should strike down laws because they're senseless :)confused:). That's not the question.
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I know this isn't the only "is it constitutional" thing out there from her questioning in the Senate.

But the point of the court meeting and taking on cases is to determine if things *are* Constitutional or not . . . there is a very indepth and lengthy process behind that. It's NEVER A quick "yes, no" - when it comes to a law that's BEEN passed by Congress. . . it's always more complicated.

Judges MUST review, heavily, everything - an weigh out the implications of the law, the meanings their selected words have and so on - judgements and decisions are never quick-draw.

I think such questions to her (and anyone else) are mere "gotcha" - and I don't like them, really.
 
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