No the Congress can not nullify a ruling of the Supreme Court. The Congress would have to rewrite the law which the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional. Then the new law could overrule the Supreme Court IF the new law was declared constitutional if/when appealed.
It explained that congressional districts needed to be determined in a way that is fair for everyone.
Congressional districts must have nearly the same number of residents. This can't be exact because districts are reapportioned after the census every ten years.
If the US Supreme Court agrees with the lower court ruling, the decision is "affirmed," and becomes legally final (res judicata).
the ruling of state supreme courts are always the final judgment on a matter.
Majority opinion
A simple majority can overturn a previous ruling. This is what happened when the current idiots declared corporations "people" for legal purposes and will allow them to buy and sell politicians even more in US elections.
congressional districts should be approximately equal in population
It explained that congressional districts needed to be determined in a way that is fair for everyone.
It explained that congressional districts needed to be determined in a way that is fair for everyone.
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The Supreme Court cannot directly enforce its rulings; instead, it relies on respect for the Constitution and for the law for adherence to its judgments. Because the Supreme Court simply bases its decisions on the Constitution, the decisions are not overturned. The decisions simply uphold the Constitution but do not have outside enforcement.Added: Short answer: (in the US) The Supreme Court is the highest court in the nation. Its rulings cannot be overturned unless done by a subsequent ruling of the same court.
It depends on the "emperor" you are talking about. The emperor of Byzantium, or the Greek Eastern Empire, ruled a sophisticated state with many of the same powers and privileges as the ancient Roman emperors. The German emperors of the Latin West aspired to similar prestige, but ruled over a far more fractious polity and had to compete with powerful feudal barons for control of their realm.
The main idea was that congressional districts need to be drawn so that there are an equal number of people in each.
Court decisions can be overturned by higher courts, with the highest being the Supreme Court. Once the Supreme Court has issued a ruling, it can only be overturned by another Supreme Court ruling if the court agrees to hear that case or a similar case again. It is also possible for Congress to pass a law or constitutional amendment (with the help of the states, which must ratify any amendment), which can effectively overturn a Supreme Court decision by altering the law on which the decision was based.
Although law professionals will tell you it is a separate system, it is not. The US Supreme court has ruled that these systems are separate in so much as they are bound by the State constitution, and the Federal constitutions as well as the rulings of the US Supreme Court. State courts cannot divert from a Federal Court ruling; if they do the US Federal Court system will overturn the ruling.
The lower court cannot overturn the higher court's decision.
The US Supreme Court may overturn a law for a variety of reasons. The reason most likely to bring publicity to the decision is a ruling that a law is "unconstitutional." That means that the law conflicts in some way with the provisions of the US Constitution.