Talk:Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

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[edit] Congress Vs. Supreme Court?

The United States Congress, however, can change laws and thus override a decision of the United States Supreme Court.

I question this, because I thought the USSC also decides on issues of constitutionality. No amount of changing laws can override the constitution (with the obvious exception of amending the constitution, a long and difficult process)

Also, the whole concept of Checks and balances is based on the idea that none of the branches of government is greater than the others —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fbarton (talk • contribs) 22:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC).

Good question. The US Supreme Court decides questions related to the proper interpretation of a given law. This may or may not include whether or not a given law is constitutional.

If Congress doesn't like how the Supreme Court interpreted a law, they can change the law. As long as the new law is constitutional, Congress has the last word. For example:

"In 1946, the law was amended to overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Electric Storage Battery v. Shimadzu[36], which had applied the U.S. laws "first to invent" principle on a world wide basis. The statute confined the first to invent principle to situations where evidence of the invention could be found in the United States." A Brief History of the Patent Law of the United States

--Nowa 02:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] unconstitutionally appointed judges

anymore news on this? why isn't it a bigger news story? ideas?

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1128311

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