Originally Posted by
NE_Pilot
I agree with your sentiment. Just because people let you do something does not make it lawful. If the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land and does not grant the Supreme Court the ability for judicial review, then the Supreme Court is acting unlawfully, whether or not the people let them. By allowing the Supreme Court to act as such, it has in effect undermined the law.
How can the Supreme Court uphold the Constitution when they themselves act in direct opposition to it?
The 10th Amendment:
Seems like that would be applicable given the circumstances.
Essentially, that’s why the pandemic response has been driven by the states, not the Feds. States have, and the SCOTUS has upheld, the “police powers” over their residents. There’s no enumerated power for the Feds to force individual pandemic actions and compliance. Everyone thinks this is a “bug”; it is a feature.