Via Ernie the Attorney we find that the Congresscritters have the mistaken impression that they are there to do something. In the instant case, it’s H. R. 3073, a bill to rid Congress of that pesky Supreme Court, in which the House proposes that,
The Congress may, if two thirds of each House agree, reverse a judgment of the United States Supreme Court
IANAL, but it seems to me that this bill is on its face unconstitutional. The Constitution established the Supreme Court, and bounded its jurisdiction. If anything other than a blatant disregard for precedent gives Congress the power to reverse the Court, it is a tortured reading of Article 3, Section 2, Clause 2, and whether the Court would have original or appellate jurisdiction.
Ernie thinks this bill has no chance of passing, but I marvel at the arrogance of those who would propose it.
It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or that the legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act.