In the year 1801, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Marshall, established the principle of judicial review which made the Court the official arbiter of what laws and regulations were constitutional.  As one Justice later remarked, “the Constitution is what we say it is.”  This power was never officially granted to the judicial branch of government but has been periodically used to invalidate laws and executive orders made by Congress and the President.

With the Supreme Court’s decision to grant immunity to the President for any official act, it would seem the Court is once again flaunting its usurped power to establish an all-powerful executive, the very notion that the Constitution was designed to prevent with the concept of checks and balances.  Norm Stockwell, editor of The Progressive Magazine, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the implications of this new ruling with host Tony Castañeda.  All Hail the Court!

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