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The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. this is the very essence of judicial duty.
-John Marshall
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The Constitution Is Either A Superior Paramount

John Marshall
The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. this is the very essence of judicial duty.
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It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...if two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each...this is of the very essence of judicial duty.
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Which is superior, the constitution or sharia law? in sharia law by their teachings is superior to everything else, it replaces everything else, it replaces the constitution itself. so, you can`t be assimilated into the american civilization and accept sharia law as being superior to our constitution. it`s antithetical to americanism.
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The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. a constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as fundamental law. it therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. if there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
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