In article , Just Wondering wrote:

The President commands the armed forces, Congress controls the purse strings.
Both are inherently political. The Courts are insulated from partisan
politics.

That's only partly correct...

They can only decide cases presented to them

... because the Constitution explicitly authorizes Congress to restrict the
Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction, i.e. what cases are presented to them.
The areas in which the Court has *original* jurisdiction are limited to "all
Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in
which a State shall be Party". Congress could, if it wished, effectively
prevent the Court from hearing any appellate cases at all.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.