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9 Old Folk and Oligarchy: It's not about love

It’s been called a victory for America. Pardon me, Mr. President, for not understanding that statement. We are not talking about the moral essence of same-sex marriage. We are not talking about love or the true definition of marriage. We are talking about power. The central question of all political science—who rules? We are talking about law. The interpretation of already existent law. The idea behind the power of the Supreme Court’s ability to declare a law unconstitutional is ironically accepted based purely on the precedence that President Thomas Jefferson upheld a court’s declaration on unconstitutionality in the Marbury v Madison case of 1803. We don’t question this power because the precedence has allowed the Court to act as judges and sentinels of the Constitution, protecting the passages created by the founders and amended by the people. The idea is that no one should be allowed to twist or misapply established laws in accordance with a political agenda that cha