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Numerous American statesmen have rejected judicial supremacy, including Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].  Also, [[Alexander Hamilton]] completely rejected judicial supremacy in [[Federalist Papers|Federalist]] No. 78.

Numerous American statesmen have rejected judicial supremacy, including Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].  Also, [[Alexander Hamilton]] completely rejected judicial supremacy in [[Federalist Papers|Federalist]] No. 78.

Judicial supremacy was most clearly asserted by the Warren Court in ''Cooper v. Aaron'' (1958).   

Judicial supremacy was most clearly asserted by the [[Warren Court]] in ''[[Cooper v. Aaron]]'' (1958).   

The better, and more traditional, view is that the US Constitution itself is the supreme law of the land, and that three branches of the federal government (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary) are equally responsible for upholding the Constitution and for applying checks and balances against usurpation in power by a rival branch.

The better, and more traditional, view is that the [[U.S. Constitution]] itself is the supreme law of the land, and that three branches of the federal government (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary) are equally responsible for upholding the Constitution and for applying checks and balances against usurpation in power by a rival branch.

In 2007, [[Chief Justice of the United States of America|Chief Justice]] [[John Roberts]] wrote for the court in criticizing and rejection the temptation for courts to exercise "judicial supremacy."<ref>[[United Haulers Ass'n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Auth.]]</ref>

In 2007, [[Chief Justice of the United States of America|Chief Justice]] [[John Roberts]] wrote for the court in criticizing and rejection the temptation for courts to exercise "judicial supremacy."<ref>[[United Haulers Ass'n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Auth.]]</ref>