In a way whatever body makes the final interpretation of the Constitution is the Supreme Court - that is what the term implies. That is mostly what the Supreme Court is designed to do.
One might argue that the way the Court is chosen should be different, but the current system seems to have worked well for more than 200 years- I am not inclined to change it at this time.
Further, the Constitution can be changed without the Court's approval, so Supreme Court rulings are not truly final. For example, the Court once ruled that slavery could not outlawed by a state law.
Chief Justice John Marshall believed interpreting the Constitution was the responsibility of the Judicial branchof government. The Supreme Court of the United States is the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution.
If you are referring to the original meaning of the Constitution and its amendments, yes the Supreme Court should be guided by the original meaning. The Constitution is basic American law and the Supreme Court does not have the authority nor the power to change it.
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Congress doesn't clarify the constitution. They make laws. It is the Supreme Court that uses the constitution to interpret laws. There are judges who believe in strict interpretation of the constitution and they try to follow the constitution written as the founding fathers meant it to be made. Then, there are those who believe that there should be a looser interpretation because 200 years ago there was a different world than today.
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How important is the original intent of the Constitution when deciding cases? -Apex
US Supreme Court Justices should only compare the case in the light of the US Constitution.
Yes, the courts interpret the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States, specifically, makes the final determination about how the Constitution should be interpreted.
'the supreme court should support article 1 of the constitution, but it doesn't.
Congress decides how many justices should be on the US Supreme Court. The current number, nine, was set by the Judiciary Act of 1869.
In 1793 the US Constitution became the supreme law of the USA. This was a change from the Articles of Confederation under which the former American colonies lived under. Even in the world of the late 18th century, the Framers of the Constitution understood that to survive in a world dominated by monarchs and their parliaments or other legislative bodies, the US needed to have a stronger Federal government to collect tariffs and call up armies for defense.