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**Precturge** · 09-25-2009, 07:00 PM

If that's the case, then that amendment won't stand up to a legal challenge. There's nothing that prevents Congress from passing or the President from signing unconstitutional bills into law. That's why we have a Supreme Court: to protect and interpret the Constitution.

Bzzt! WRONG! While the Supreme Court may invalidate the law, there is no requirement that they do so, and, in this case, they have refused to directly rule so far.

However, the Supreme Court has, so far, declared this law Constitutional on other grounds, even though, in this case, the law was being applied after-the-fact.

09-25-2009, 07:00 PM	#22
Precturge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	If that's the case, then that amendment won't stand up to a legal challenge. There's nothing that prevents Congress from passing or the President from signing unconstitutional bills into law. That's why we have a Supreme Court: to protect and interpret the Constitution. Bzzt! WRONG! While the Supreme Court may invalidate the law, there is no requirement that they do so, and, in this case, they have refused to directly rule so far. However, the Supreme Court has, so far, declared this law Constitutional on other grounds, even though, in this case, the law was being applied after-the-fact.
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