Courts aren't supposed to be counter-majoritarian, they're supposed to be super-majoritarian. They tell temporary majorities that some larger, longer-lasting majority's rule still stands in force.
Constitutional provisions & amendments > federal statutes > everything else
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Right—so, seriously, how do you account for Shelby County?
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The central question in that case was whether Congress exceeded a Constitutionally delegated power, and specifically whether there was any judicial reviewable standard to determine that.
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