Originally posted by Chance321
And I thought my post was simple enough. when we have calderon slamming one of our states and obama right beside him agreeing I'd take as them being
on the same page on how our country should be directed.
The separation of powers? Look at all the strong arming and bribes obama did for health care, you don't think he wouldn't try strong arming the
Supreme Court (which I feel/hope'll blow up in his face) if calderon said he should.
Whatever politicking was done during the health care debate was just that, politicking. That's how business gets done in Washington, that's how it
has always been done in Washington since even before the founding of America (before there was a Washington and it was done in Philadelphia). In
fact, that's HOW things got done to convince members of the Continental Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence and later to get the various
states to sign on to the Constitution. You are naive if you think otherwise.
If Calderon says Obama 'should' do something, he'll listen to what Calderon says, then make a decision as to what he thinks is best for America.
You make it sound like he's Calderon's lap dog, but believe me he's not. Whatever statements Obama has made on the Arizona law or agreed with that
others have made, it's because it's what he thinks is either right or, perhaps, politically better for him. You can take it either way, but he's
the President of the U.S. and no President of a third rate power is going to push him around. It's just not the way it goes.
Originally posted by someotherguy
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) tells us:
There are three ways a case can be heard in the Supreme Court: (1) filing directly in the Supreme Court; (2) filing in a lower federal court, such
as a district court, and appealing all the way up to the Supreme Court; (3) filing in a state court, appealing all the way up through the state's
highest courts, and then appealing to the Supreme Court on an issue of federal law.
en.wikipedia.org...
Bottom line: Obama can ask the Supreme Court to review the AZ law all he wants, but they have no power to do so until someone with standing brings a
case that challenges it.
Yes, this. Thank you.
[edit on 6/1/2010 by LifeInDeath]
