MB Civic

By James MacGregor Burns | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | The Boston Globe

“…When the Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor tomorrow, Americans will have an opportunity to evaluate her qualifications and judicial philosophy. But it may be more illuminating for us to reexamine the powers of the Supreme Court itself – especially its power to declare unconstitutional laws that are enacted by the democratically elected branches of the federal government….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/12/judicial_supremacy_and_the_rise_of_the_high_court?mode=PF