Show k It WEEKLY CONS CONSTITUTIONAL TIT UTI GNAL fry BV MAX BERNS KERNS The Peoples People's Protection Have we any protection against acts unauthorized by our Constitution Constitution tion I Under our Constitution we the people are supreme Wo Vo are the tho principal and we create the Congress Con Can Congress gress and make It our agent with power to act within the limitations we enumerate In our charter but with no power to go beyond those limits In addition we specifically prohibit it from certain acts Under these conditions what recourse recourse recourse re re- re- re course do we the people have if the Congress as our out agent exceeds the limits we specify or enacts legislation legislation legis legis- lation laUon which we specifically prohibit prohibit pro pro- hibit 1 If left to Itself to determine such a case the Congress naturally would approve Its own acts It would not pass an act and disapprove It Thus the agent would authorize what wha the principal prohibits To prevent this we the people In our Constitution provide the simple means commonly provided where the principal challenges the nets acts of ot his agent In court The court courtIn In In tho the case of ot our Constitution a federal court and finally the Supreme Supreme Su Suo Su- Su pr preme me Court tries Court tries the case by hearIng hearing hearing hear hear- ing both sides If It the Court finds the agents agent's In accordance with the thea a agents agent's power flower the act la is upheld But I if the Court finds that the agent acted beyond his authority the Court so states whence such act is declared unauthorized and therefore there there- fore tore void or in other words worda If It the Congress as the peoples people's i v I IV I- I V agent had power to exceed the peoples people's pe pepIe's pee peo pIes pIe's Constitution such a Constitution Constitution tion would be useless To prevent this and protect ourse ourselves ves against unauthorized acts by our agent we wethe wethe wethe the people make our Constitution the supreme law and we create and empower the Supreme Court to construe or pass upon It Copyright 1937 by Max Mai Berne Bern Berner r |