Rand Paul-- delusional son of a delusional man?

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Rand Paul on the Supreme Court: The dumbest political quote of the week
By Taylor Bigler, June 29, 2012
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After the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday, Republican Congress members flocked in droves towards media outlets in order to get their two-cents worth in.

Most of the statements and interviews were relatively similar; most GOP congressmen were “disappointed” or even “sad” about the ruling.

But Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul had quite a different take on the matter:

“Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be ‘constitutional’ does not make it so. The whole thing remains unconstitutional,” Paul said in a statement.
Sure, a couple of people declaring something constitutional doesn’t make it constitutional. But five Supreme Court justices declaring something constitutional does, actually, make it constitutional.
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Rand Paul to Supreme Court: Drop dead
By Sandra Hernandez, June 28, 2012[snipped]

The senator is right, of course, about "a couple people" deciding.  But in this case, five people, who happen to be justices on the Supreme Court, declared the law constitutional. Those five individuals constitute a majority on the high court and thus are empowered to decide whether something is constitutional or not.

Perhaps Paul’s beef, though, isn’t with this court but with the 209-year-old landmark decision in Marbury vs. Madison that established the basis for judicial review under Article III of the Constitution and cleared the way for federal courts to declare laws unconstitutional.

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