A Supreme Court decision that declares an act of Congress unconstitutional requires how many votes?
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Any decision requires a majority.
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I have not yet gone through such decision from the Supreme Court, can you help me to get a copy of short judgment over it. I understand that such powers and authorities are fixed and delegated by the parliament.\n\nHowever in my personal opinion the national government must restrain itsself from intervening in the matters of State / Provincial and Local Governments except in the the matters those may jeopardize unity of a nation in the central monetary areas and defense of borders as well as foreign affairs.
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By an act of Congress,that is both houses vote on it.  The president can declare a national holiday for a one time period, but to make it so, it must go to the Congress for approval.
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I have ATTEMPTED to read it.  It doesn't say much by itself.  It is like trying to read and understand the IRS code.  The MCA keeps referring to other laws; to get the meaning you would have to read all of those, and those refer to OTHER laws, ad infinitum.\n\nI have read some analysis of it and it is horrifying.  I am sure that the Supreme Court will declare it unconstitutional.  After all, the law takes away the authority of the Court and the Court is not likely to be happy with losing its power.
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"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution".  So its the Congress that can propose amendments, but only on a 2/3 majority vote in both houses.  2/3 of State Legislatures can also call for a Constitutional Convention, which can also begin the amendment process.
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Amendment XXII \n(Ratified in 1951.) \n\nSection 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. \n\nSection 2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress
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Members of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President subject to the approval of the Senate. To ensure an independent Judiciary and to protect judges from partisan pressures, the Constitution provides that judges serve during "good Behavior," which has generally meant life terms.How would congress elect a judge its unconstitutional for the obvious reason the Congress is partisan by the majority party.Beside how could Bill Clinton have invited Monica in for a hummer,if congress was listening in ,wouldn't that be tacky.\nYour not the brightest bulb in the chandelier are you?Nothing personal but you might want to get educated on the U.S political system and process before you suggest overturning the constitution.
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Marbury v. Madison established the concept of judicial review; essentially, the judicial branch was to serve as a check on the constitutionality of any acts passed by congress.  The Supreme Court could deem an act unconstitutional, and therefore, void.  \nMcCulloch v. Maryland ruled that Congress had implied powers that were not enumerated by the constitution and that states could not impede the exercise of those powers.  \nThe role of the executive branch did not really play a huge role in these cases - it's more about judiciary v. legislative and states v. fed gov't.  Wiki has a good explanation of the cases if you want the background facts and the reasoning of the decisions.
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congress can pass the amnesty bill but it can only take affect if the president signs it into law. then after the president signs it it can be reviewed and over turned by the supreme court if they find it to be unconstitutional by majority vote.
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Article 3 of the Constitution determines there is to be a Supreme Court, however, it leaves the number of justices up to Congress.  The Judiciary Act of the 1789 created one Chief Justice and 5 Associates, then was gradually increased to a total of 10 in 1863.  Andrew Johnson's administration reduced the number to 7 as vacancies occured, though it never fell to less than 8.  Congress made the number 9 in 1948\n\nSo, in short, yes there was a time there were more than 9 justices.
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well that really depens....if your saying a majority opinion in the case of law\n\nin order to change the us constitution, the majority opinion would be half the electoral votes and 2/3 the hourse.\n\n60 votes by the senate\n\nbasically, when one side has moer votes than the other side.
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The only block of voters in Congress who were going to put a stop to it was the House Republicans.  They were going to have enforcement, no amnesty.  They are out of power.
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well I think they already had seperate votes but the 10th amendment to the consitution (added as part of the bill of rights) gives Any power that is not specifically granted to the federal government and that doesn't directly prohibit the states from using it, can be used by state government and the people.
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There are three situations.\n\nFirst, there are some cases where the Supreme Court has original (not appellate) jurisdiction, as defined in Article III of the Constitution. In such cases, the Supreme Court must take the case.\n\nThere are also some situations where there is a mandatory appeal from either a state Supreme Court or a federal Appellate court. These are defined by statute, and again, the Supreme Court must take the case.\n\nHowever, most cases heard by the Supreme Court are discretionary appeals, either from a state Supreme Court or a federal Appellate court. In such situations, the party filing the appeal asks the Supreme Court to hear the case. This is called a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (meaning "to make certain"). If the Court agrees to hear the case, it "grants cert". Else it "denies cert". So, in this third category, it's up to the Supreme Court itself whether they hear the case or not.
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You can appeal TO the Supreme Court, but you cannot appeal the final determination of the Supreme Court.  The only thing to do then is get Congress to change the law.
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Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. \n\nAs you rightly pointed out, the Declaration of Independence was not officially signed until August of 1776
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Article 1 provides for the establishment of the bicameral Congress composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The various powers of the Congress and the respective houses, together with their methods of election, are enumerated in the article. The Seventeenth Amendment, passed in 1916, instituted the direct popular election of Senators and removed the power of their election from the state legislatures as had originally been provided in Article 1.