Dissing Congress. (U.S. Supreme Court's separation of powers philosophy applied in 29 cases since 1994 term to limit the power of Congress)

From: Michigan Law Review | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

My Court is fond of saying that acts of Congress come to the Court with the presumption of constitutionality. That presumption reflects Congress's status as a coequal branch of government with its own responsibilities to the Constitution. But if Congress is going to take the attitude that it will do anything it can get away with and let the Supreme Court worry about the Constitution ... then perhaps that presumption is unwarranted. (1)

-- Justice Antonin Scalia

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Rehnquist's recent leadership has invalidated numerous federal laws, ...

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