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I don't subscribe to the view that the Supreme Court has to allow laws dramatically outside the constitution to stand; I said there exists such a school of thought with some influential members, whether I agree or not. The SC can't enact laws, that's what Congress does.

The Executive branch enforces the laws, per article II section 3 of the Constutition. The Judicial branch adjudicates disputes, it does not enforce anything.

The SC is the final arbiter of constitutionality - as Justice Robert Jackson said, it's not final because it's the SC, it's the SC because it's final.



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