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Nerdy Fish2/29/2012 6:35:36 am PST

re: #156 Sergey Romanov

I’m just saying that the way it is framed it’s wrong the House can’t override the Supreme Court, unless there are some ways to do that embedded in the decision itself (i.e. it is dependent on existence of some laws existing).

Well, technically, they can. Congress can pass a law that goes against established judicial precedent, if they like. The Supreme Court can turn right around and smack it down, if they so choose. They sort of counterbalance each other that way. Actually, this is one of the things that’s commonly brought up in bad court decisions; “If you don’t like it, call your Congresscritter and get him to make a law that changes things.”