Show A t jahe e WEEKLY CA constitutional DERNS BERNS ws courts and umpires on abat basis does the supreme court declare a statute void the supreme court does not noi pass tawa jaws or stet utes or determine whether they are good or bad auy any more than an urn umpire pire makes the rules rulea or declares whether they are good or bad the courts only job ob ike the ump tras Is IB to make elona alone in accordance with tho rules A baseball rule may seem to be good when written but turn out had bad in practise experience often pr provides tb the real test teat so also with a passed ly by congress it may appear satisfactory when written but develop unconstitutional phases when administered and the supreme coutt court never passes upon a sia statute tute unless chal ledged tn in court couri by litigants the court then has but before it not only the statute as passed by congress but also as administered in actual cases before passing Judt judgment ment it reada and arguments from both sides aides 00 a to sl ustain the statute and b to show how bow in actual cases it conflicts with the C constitution thin the court then lays laya taho statute as administered in practise alongside tho the peoples law the constitution it it finds the two agree the statute la Is valid it if they conflict the court necessarily declares that the inferior law or statute must give way to the super superior jor law tho the constitution with a written constitution defined as the supreme su Dreme taw law of the land no other course to la open any ordinary statute in conflict n alth the supreme law necessarily Is vald I 1 I 1 copyright 1037 1937 by max delfis |