badgenome on 17 February 2012
| HappySqurriel said: One thing that I have never really understood is why can't the constitutionality of a bill be challenged by anyone? It would seem to me that any citizen, or group of citizens, whould be able to challenge constitutionality of any municipal, state or federal law passed regardless of whether they have been charged with breaking it. |
It can be. For instance, the ACLU challenged the expansion of National Security Letters in the Patriot Act, and it resulted in the Patriot Act being amended.
