Reply #11: There's no contradiction between his words and the Constitution. [View All]

He says "There's the court which is the Supreme of the judicial branch, but it's not supreme over the legislative and executive branch."

The Constitution says, "The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court. . . ."

There's no contradiction there. What Newt is saying, which is not new, by the way, is that the writers of the Constitution never specifically said that the Supreme Court could over-rule laws written by the Legislative branch, or actions by the Executive Branch. And he's right that it doesn't specifically say that. But most Constitutional law people feel the issue was settled long ago, the first time the SCOTUS ruled that a law passed by Congress was unconstitutional.