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Congress cannot override a Supreme Court decision.
If the decision interprets the Constitution or an Amendment, Congress cannot override the decision except by calling for a Constitutional Convention to change that provision of the Constitution or Amendment. (Not likely) This would require cooperation from the States, and is not something Congress could accomplish on its own.
If the decision interprets a federal law, Congress can amend or replace the law to correct its deficiency.
If the Supreme Court interprets both by comparing the law to the Constitution or Amendment to see if the law is constitutional and decides the law is unconstitutional because it is vague or can be applied in a discriminatory manner, Congress can amend the law in such a way that the Constitutional problem is solved. Technically, this is not "overriding" the decision, but it is one way Congress can make a law do its intended purpose without being unconstitutionally vague about the subject and purpose.
Other than that, only the Supreme Court can overturn its own precedent.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt doesn't. The Constitution doesn't give Congress (Legislative branch) authority to change the Supreme Court's (Judicial branch) decisions. If it did, there would be no check on the power of Congress, and no way to overturn unconstitutional laws.
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∙ 13y agoyes, by having citizens support them and supreme court would be over run.
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∙ 13y agoNothing but the President can choose not to enforce it. (The decision)
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∙ 10y agoVote the ruling invalid by a two-thirds majority
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∙ 11y agoThey can either override a veto with 3/4 majority, or they can amend the Constitution. Also, the President appoints Supreme Court justices as approved by Congress.
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What Veto practice did Andrew Jackson establish?
the veto can be used without the supreme court decision
Can the supreme court veto a bill already passed by congress?
yes
Can a decision of the us supreme court be over turned by a presidential veto?
No.
What can the supreme court do if the president vetoes a law passed by congress?
it can start a veto.
Could the supreme court have the power to veto acts of congress?
Not exactly. The Supreme Court can declare a law to be a violation of the US Constitution and make it void. However it can not veto laws in general.
Who has the final authority in the us government?
Depends, sometimes it is Congress that takes a vote, sometimes the President gets to veto, and sometimes the Supreme Court that gets to make the decision.
What was the US Supreme Court's verdict on the pocket veto in 1929?
In 1929 the US Supreme Court made a verdict concerning the pocket veto. It declared that a pocket veto was valid at the end of a session of Congress as well as at the end of a yearly Congress. This ruling resolved an ambiguity concerning when a pocket veto was valid or not valid.
How could the powers be checked by one of the other branches?
The president can veto bills passed by Congress. Congress can override a presidential veto. The president nominates Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court can rule laws passed by Congress unconstitutional. The Congress must approve Court appointments and treaties signed by the president. Congress can impeach and try the president. Each branch of the United States government has an equal amount of power. Congress has the power to make laws (legislative branch). However the president has the power to veto the laws made by Congress (executive branch). Then so the president doesnt have complete control over the law's fate Congress can veto the president's veto with a mandatory two thirds vote to over turn the presidents veto. Finally the Supreme Court makes the decision of whether the law is constitutional or not. Should they find it unconstitutional they can scrap it or send it back to Congress. This is known as the system of checks and balances.
Who has the ability to veto unsatisfactory bills from congress?
President or Supreme Court can find it unconstitutional.
What are the three checks of the power of congress?
The President can veto legislation. The Supreme Court can deem laws unconstitutional. The President nominates Supreme Court Justices.
Which scenario is an accurate example of how branches of the federal government can check each other's power?
The president vetoes a law passed by Congress, but Congress overrides the veto with a two-thirds majority vote. (APEX)
Congress passes a law The President vetoes it Congress overrides the veto The law is appealed to the Supreme Court which rules it unconstitutional What?
"What?" indeed! If the Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional, that ends it. The only ones who can overturn that are some future Supreme Court.
