Respect for the Original Intent of the United States Constitution
Abraham Lincoln stated, “Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained for it is the
only safeguard of our liberties.” Many legal scholars and jurists agree.
Throughout its years of existence, many individuals and groups have sought to abridge and/or redefine Madison’s
original intent for our US Constitution. Its legal structure and equal representative protection of safe legal rights
have prevailed as a lighthouse of safe freedoms for democracy.
In 1803, a case was brought before the Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison formed the basis for what is referred
to as our US constitutional legal precedent for supreme authority for judicial review. Holding that Marbury’s
petition was not compliant, the US Supreme Court established the basis for the exercise of judicial review under
Article III of the Constitution. The Federal Judiciary and the Supreme Court were finally recognized as an
independent branch of the government with supreme authority of judicial review. While there have been many
challenges and many competing interpretations, our US Constitution has prevailed as “the supreme law of the
land” protecting the rights and privileges of all United States citizens, and thus securing “the blessings of liberty” to
ourselves and our posterity.
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