Reply #8: A single court doesn't "repeal" a law of the US Congress [View All]

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Imagine if that were the case: tomorrow some conservative judge in some federal district would deem the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional, and all the right-wingers would cheer and call the bill repealed: game over. The next day some wingnut job could "repeal" any other law he chooses. That ain't how it works.

Courts don't repeal laws, first of all: they deem them unconstitutional--something that has to go all the way to the Supreme Court to decide.