Lysander Spooner vs the Supreme Court: The Judicial Supremacy Lie
“An unconstitutional judicial decision is no more binding than an unconstitutional legislative act.” With that one line, Lysander Spooner demolished the dangerous myth of judicial supremacy – the idea that a court’s opinion becomes law simply because judges say...
Independent of Heaven Itself: Antifederalist Brutus No. 15
Warning that the federal judiciary would be much more than just “independent,” the antifederalist writer Brutus predicted that it would instead be supreme over the other branches rather than co-equal. This, of course, would lead to consolidation, and a destruction of...