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MARC WHEAT: Supreme Court Should Apply The Law As Written — No More, No Less

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30.08.2024

The Supreme Court is supposed to be a neutral arbiter, interpreting the law as written. As Chief Justice John Marshall wrote over 200 years ago in his opinion for the Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803): “It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.”

Now, after nearly a century of liberal political activism from the court, the Left wants to take the judicial branch back by any means necessary. (RELATED: JACKIE DOYER: We Must Fight To Ensure That Only Citizens Vote In American Elections)

In July, the Biden-Harris administration released a plan calling for changes in law that would overturn the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, set term limits for Supreme Court justices, and impose an external code of ethics on the court. According to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has indicated that their candidate’s views align with his bill that would totally restructure the court, allowing new appointments every two years and demoting justices to handling mostly less important cases.

In the Supreme Court’s infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade........

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