"The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing you he does not exist. The greatest trick the System ever played was convincing you that you cannot resist."
The Founders of the US Constitution believed it would be rewritten within 30 years; it did not contemplate constitutional review by any court. The amendment process would handle all the weird discrepancies that was self-evident in the tortured but plain language of the text.
In 1803 the Supreme Court (Marbury v Madison) took power NOT granted to them by Article 3 and established the court’s power of judicial review and binding precedent effectively permitted the court and Congress to rewrite the Constitution. law.cornell.edu/wex/marbury_v_…
Justices Marshall, Cushing, Paterson, Chase, Washington and Moore
"The entire doctrine of "standing" was invented by courts this last century as a way to play preferential Pontius Pilate, washing their hands of cases they don't want responsibility for." — Robert Barnes