Show M ahe WEEKLY constitutional BERNS 0 the peoples peopled protection have we any protection against aati unauthorized by our mont under our constitution we the tha people are supreme wo we are the tha principal and we create the congress 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 do we the people havo have it tho the congress as our agent exceeds the limits we specify or enacts legislation which wo specifically pro hibit it left to ta itself to determine such guch a case the iho congress naturally would approve its own acts it would 0 not pass an act and disapprove it ft thus the agent would authorize what the principal prohibits to provi prevent ont this we wa tho the people iq in our constitution provide tho the simple means commonly provided whore where the principal challenges the tha acts of libi hh agent in court the court in the caso casa ot of our constitution a federal court and finally the tha supreme court tries the case by hearing bearing both bath sides it ebo court couil t finds tho the agents abeita act in accordance with the tha agents power ower the act is upheld out but it the court finds ands that the agent acted beyond hla his authority the court so states whence such act is declared unauthorized and therefore void or in other words unconstitutional it the congress Congre aa as the peoples agent aleut had power to exceed the peoples constitution such a constitution would be useless to prevent this and protect our ourselves selve 11 against unauthorized acts acta by our agent we the people malce make our constitution the tha supreme law and we create and empower the supreme court to construe or pass upon it copyright 1937 by mas herns |