"Was it appropriate for the Supreme Court to intervene in a dispute that almost always was left up to the states, even over federal posts? Given that there was a specific constitutional amendment and a specific federal statute dealing with contested presidential elections—and both of those provisions dictated that Congress alone should be the arbiter—did the justices adequately justify their decision to step in? (The 12th Amendment and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 spelled out the details; in drafting the latter, Congress specifÂically decided the court should play no role.)"
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David A. Kaplan, How the Supreme Court Became America's Most Dangerous Branch of Government, Newsweek (4 September 2018)
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