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So-called judges once ruled that blacks were property rather than human. We have a long history of "so-called judged". Go read about what lincoln felt about ju
by davidreiss 9y ago
So-called judges once ruled that blacks were property rather than human. We have a long history of "so-called judged".
Go read about what lincoln felt about judges.
- gertef 9y agoDisagreeing but obeying with a decision is quite different from denying judicial authority. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/20/lincoln-versus-judicial-supremacy/?utm_term=.776f751813bc https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201... "Supreme Court opinions decide only the individual case before the court, Lincoln argued. They do not bind members of Congress or the President in their political actions. It was thus proper for the other branches of government — and for the people — to resist wrong and harmful decisions of the Supreme Court and to seek to have them reversed and overturned. That was simply part of the Constitution’s system of checks and balances. …"