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If anyone else is interested in the answer, I suggest reading Thomas Jefferson's letter to Virginia Supreme Court Judge Spencer Roane dated September 6, 1819. After my college professor misspoke (stating that the Constitution was silent about judicial review), I started searching for a correct...

Thank you, but I'm not really interested in a discussion (hence I am not a troll). I asked a legal question where legal advice is offered, and this should be a rather straightforward question to answer given that, in my view, the legitimacy of our entire system of government rests on its answer...

I'm not feeling any better about this.

I would also like to add that if I was trolling, personally I wouldn't think I'd be as detailed as I've been. If I wanted to debate people, I would have just asked why it was legal and then sit back with a bunch of research I've compiled to argue the issue. I did not do that. I figured an ounce...

I wouldn't have come here if I didn't try to answer the question myself in ernest. I obviously have, over many years, and I have yet to find an answer to this question. I am looking for someone who might have the answer and walk me through it. If I can't get a reasonable answer, then that tells...

When I was in college many years ago studying political science at one of the best universities in the world at the time for this subject, I was attending a lecture for class about the Constitution. As I was sitting in an auditorium filled with students (well, "filled" might be too strong a...