Self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” Roger Stone was secretly videotaped at Mar-a-Lago during a remarkably candid conversation.
  • rsuri@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution contains a right to habeas corpus in Boumedine v. Bush. The Lincoln thing was never fully litigated and was probably unconstitutional.

    • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The Constitution doesn’t empower the court to interpret the constitution. If the executive chose to ignore the court it would be perfectly legal.

      • rsuri@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Well that’s an even older decision:

        Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. Decided in 1803, Marbury is regarded as the single most important decision in American constitutional law.

        • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yes, the supreme Court gave itself that power. To that end the other branches could justifiably choose to not find that to be valid.