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No dude, that's the point of having written laws.

Since Hammurabi.




And when those written laws are unconstitutional? That’s the purpose of the Supreme Court: a check on the legislature and executive branches.


> That’s the purpose of the Supreme Court: a check on the legislature and executive branches.

This is correct, but not intended to be the source of law(1). In fact, Supreme Court decisions aren't a law per se, but a deterrent in creating legally questionable situations.

(1)A Supreme Court decision is made moot by legislation, as per any law, but the deterrent is significantly weaker in practice than a written law as it's scrutinized more closely as a matter of interpretation, court makeup, and public opinion.


> (1)A Supreme Court decision is made moot by legislation, as per any law

Minor nitpick: Not all decisions can be overridden by law. Cases dealing with constitutionality particularly. If the Supreme Court says something is a Constitutional right, only two things can overturn it: (1) a Constitutional Amendment, and (2) another Supreme Court decision[a].

[a] Brown v. Board, for example, overturned Plessy v. Ferguson[b]

[b] Well, not exactly. They didn’t say they were overturning that decision, but it made the old one moot by saying the opposite of it (leading to the same result).


A Constitutional Amendment is an "amendment" to a law (the Constitbution), although I would say that's the same as any other law insofar as it's a sum of written parts. Also, SC decisions are generally limited in some context, so there's no "need" to amend over it, as long as you can challenge again under a different political climate (court makeup or public opinion).


  No dude, that's the point of having written laws.
Which invariably need interpretation and evaluation for consistency; hence a court with oversight.




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