Ben Carson questions whether presidents must obey Supreme Court
Washington (CNN)Republican
presidential candidate Ben Carson says it's time to re-evaluate the
Supreme Court's role -- all the way back to the court's first big
decision in 1803.
His comments
came in response to questions on "Fox News Sunday" about whether a
president must observe the Supreme Court's decisions.
"It is an open question. It needs to be discussed," Carson said.
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Host
Chris Wallace told Carson that the high court's authority to review
laws' constitutionality has been in place since the 1803 decision in the
case Marbury v. Madison.
"And I have
said this is an area that we need to discuss, we need to get into a
discussion of this because it has changed from the original intent,"
Carson said.
Asked if presidents must
enforce Supreme Court decisions, Carson cited the Dred Scott decision,
in which the high court rejected an enslaved African-American man's bid
for freedom and set off public outrage that precipitated the Civil War.
"Well,
Dred Scott, a perfect example. You know, the Supreme Court came up with
this and Abraham Lincoln did not agree with it," Carson said. "Now,
admittedly, it caused a lot of conflict, and eventually led to a Civil
War, but we're in a better place for it."
When
Wallace pressed Carson again, Carson said: "The way our Constitution is
set up, the president or the executive branch is obligated to carry out
the laws of the land. The laws of the land, according to our
Constitution, are provided by the legislative branch. The laws of the
land are not provided by the judiciary."
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