Roger Clemens

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Originally Posted by Dakota

Nothing in the Constitution declares the rulings of the SCOTUS as "the law of the land." SCOTUS has the power it currently dictates onto the people because it declared that power for itself (otherwise known as "The Divine rights of Justices").

That would be because of Marbury v. Madison. Regardless, decisions of SCOTUS are, indeed, the law of the land and cannot be altered unless by an act of Congress (if it's not a constitutional "right") or by a constitutional amendment or by a future SCOTUS reversal.

SCOTUS continues its slow gathering of power to itself while neither of the other two branches have had the rocks to defy the Supreme Court's self-declared supremacy.

I won't deny this, and it's something that ought to bother all Americans, not just conservatives (who seem to be the ones doing the most complaining about this).

Since the executive is the only branch with police powers, and the legislative is the only branch with taxing / purse powers, either or both could legally and easily (theoretically) curtail the out-of-control (IMO) federal judiciary.

The Executive Branch can't curtail judicial rulings, save perhaps to defy them, which I do not support at all. Congress, on the other hand, has the final say over both the Executive and the Judiciary, which is at it should be.