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Originally Posted by nomadking
The Supreme Court is not meant to be there to give out new rights that didn't exist when the original Constitutional Right was introduced. That is for State or Federal legislation to do.
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Hmm, last part not strictly true, a caveat to this is the Supreme Court has the power to strike down laws that are not Constitutional. So Congress can write a new Federal law, but the Constitution is the bedrock to any such laws being legitimate and once this is taken to Scotus, usually when someone takes government to court, they can rule on them being Unconstitutional, once that happens, laws go out of effect.