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What is the role of the US Supreme Court ?
The 9 SC Justices that make up the SC pass rulings to determine what is the law when lower courts cannot or their ruling(s) are challenged.
According to the web page of the US Supreme Court, it interprets the US Constitution:
"...The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution..."
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/about.aspx
However is this correct, if the US Constitution doesn't specifically state that the SC is to interpret the Constitution, does the SC have any business doing it ?
It has been stated that "The Supreme Court has no such power (to interpret the Constitution). Show me (using the Constitution) where the Constitution grants the Supreme Court power to interpret it..."
Is this viewpoint valid ?
The 9 SC Justices that make up the SC pass rulings to determine what is the law when lower courts cannot or their ruling(s) are challenged.
According to the web page of the US Supreme Court, it interprets the US Constitution:
"...The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution..."
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/about.aspx
However is this correct, if the US Constitution doesn't specifically state that the SC is to interpret the Constitution, does the SC have any business doing it ?
It has been stated that "The Supreme Court has no such power (to interpret the Constitution). Show me (using the Constitution) where the Constitution grants the Supreme Court power to interpret it..."
Is this viewpoint valid ?