Rick Santorum was on the Rachael Maddow show recently talking up how he would take down the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage if he was president. That is somewhat astounding on its own. What was more interesting was how he clearly has no idea how our federal government works.
Santorum insisted that Congress could pass a law overturning the recent Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage. Which is nonsense. Maddow tried to explain this to him.
“If there is a question as to the constitutionality of a law, it gets adjudicated. The second syllable in that word means it gets decided in the judiciary. The Supreme Court decides whether or not a law is constitutional. So you could not now pass a law that said, ‘We’re banning same-sex marriage.'”
Santorum went to the "Nuh uh, can so" school of debate. “Congress can pass anything it wants to pass,” he countered.
She pointed out that it would immediately be null. He said that it could be appealed back to the Supreme Court who might rule differently this time around after seeing how much some people hated their previous ruling.
“No, you could not pass a law that could contradict the constitutional ruling of the Supreme Court,” Maddow said prompting Santorum to again ask why not at which point she offered that, “You could amend the Constitution.”
He, again, asked, "why?"
“Because they’re ruling on the constitutionality of that law,” she noted. Santorum tried to argue that their decision was made “on an unconstitutional basis,” Maddow countered, “They decide what’s constitutional.”
I assume at this point Santorum rebutted with a "Kevin Bacon was not in the film Tremors" argument and held his breath until everyone agreed.
Or maybe not. Maybe I missed it. Watch the full thing. http://on.msnbc.com/1IjQI9d
Santorum insisted that Congress could pass a law overturning the recent Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage. Which is nonsense. Maddow tried to explain this to him.
“If there is a question as to the constitutionality of a law, it gets adjudicated. The second syllable in that word means it gets decided in the judiciary. The Supreme Court decides whether or not a law is constitutional. So you could not now pass a law that said, ‘We’re banning same-sex marriage.'”
Santorum went to the "Nuh uh, can so" school of debate. “Congress can pass anything it wants to pass,” he countered.
She pointed out that it would immediately be null. He said that it could be appealed back to the Supreme Court who might rule differently this time around after seeing how much some people hated their previous ruling.
“No, you could not pass a law that could contradict the constitutional ruling of the Supreme Court,” Maddow said prompting Santorum to again ask why not at which point she offered that, “You could amend the Constitution.”
He, again, asked, "why?"
“Because they’re ruling on the constitutionality of that law,” she noted. Santorum tried to argue that their decision was made “on an unconstitutional basis,” Maddow countered, “They decide what’s constitutional.”
I assume at this point Santorum rebutted with a "Kevin Bacon was not in the film Tremors" argument and held his breath until everyone agreed.
Or maybe not. Maybe I missed it. Watch the full thing. http://on.msnbc.com/1IjQI9d
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