Not exact matches
In 1991, you went to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and you met people who truly believed that the
American rule of law, independent
judiciary, free market economy, and political
system were to be admired.
«The
American political
system,» he wrote in the spring of 1966, «seems to have fulfilled the intentions of its founders: it continuously oscillates between the ascendancy of the President and that of Congress and the
judiciary.
His mature and most profound reflections on the scope of judicial power and the role of the
judiciary in the
American constitutional
system came in relation to the debate over Dred Scott.
«The impartiality of our
judiciary is arguably the most important cornerstone of the
American system of justice,» Schneiderman said.
«a new revolutionary era of permissiveness in this country fostered by the
judiciary... I wish, therefore, wholly to disclaim any purpose on my part to hold that the Federal Constitution compels the teachers, parents, and elected school officials to surrender control of the
American public school
system to public school students.»
I can't claim to be a scholar of
American legal history, but my impression is that in many instances, extra-constitutional reform comes only after the
judiciary declares the existing
system unconstitutional.