But all they have achieved so far is a bitter lesson in judicial supremacy.

Judge Kaufman's enthusiastic espousal of judicial supremacy is well known.

Special masters have been controversial in some cases, and are often cited by critics as an example of judicial supremacy over the other branches of government.

The debate about judicial review - a more neutral term than "judicial supremacy" - is hardly new, dating to the earliest days of the country.

He considers the liberal embrace of judicial supremacy to be a "shortsighted and dangerous strategy."

However he had to acknowledge the city of Paderborn as free from his judicial supremacy.

While still seeing a "great good faith" at work, he warned that Justice Kennedy had "embraced a rhetoric of judicial supremacy."

Further, they should have the right to guarantee this judicial supremacy in their constitutions.

"We definitely have judicial supremacy," he said.

After all, the idea of judicial supremacy - of judges making politicians follow the rules - is the great American contribution to political science.