tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post5741335798466055236..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Abraham Lincoln quoting Thomas Jefferson on judicial despotism and oligarchyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-73787326895788654832022-07-09T22:55:43.639-04:002022-07-09T22:55:43.639-04:00It's important to know that Lincoln's and ...It's important to know that Lincoln's and Jefferson's insights are the law. The quote "Boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem" is very apt, for a check on this real danger is in the constitution. Congress can almost always overrule the Supreme Court. But strangely, it is little known and debated, though it has been used around 20 times in history. <br /><br />Congress controls the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction. It can take away the power of the Court to even hear such cases - "jurisdiction stripping". And at least one Representative, Mondaire Jones, is not asleep on this. He is introducing bills - like restoring the whole Voting Rights Act, which is probably both the most important and politically feasible example, and taking away the Supreme Court's shameful, despotic power over it.Calgacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031818010224747000noreply@blogger.com