The framers of our Constitution foresaw this state of things and provided for it by declaring the supremacy not only of itself but of the laws made in pursuance of it. The nullity of any act inconsistent with the Constitution is produced by the declaration that the Constitution is supreme law.
I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.
The district attorney carries the courthouse. Whatever party the district attorney belongs to, will also be the party of the judges. The judges do not go up against the district attorney. At least that’s the way it is in Texas.
The Constitution overrides a statute, but a statute, if consistent with the Constitution, overrides the law of judges. In this sense, judge-made law is secondary and subordinate to the law that is made by legislators.
No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.
[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give place to the Constitution. But this doctrine is not deducible from any circumstance peculiar to the plan of convention, but from the general theory of a limited Constitution.
Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land', in most instances they're not even law.
Nature's laws have to supersede man's law.
A lower court’s job is to follow the Supreme Court, whether right or wrong..
You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.
It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court must necessarily command the respect of another.
