<p>With all respect to a former assistant dean of Harvard Law School, I believe your article (Stephen B Young, <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/381522/court-did-its-duty-over-amnesty-bill">“Court ‘did its duty’ over charter change”</a>) is based on the assumption that the root of the power of the Constitutional Court of Thailand is similar to that of the U.S. Supreme Court. If this assumption was correct, I would actually agree with you that the courts have the power to review the actions of the government since, as you pointed out, the courts need to "stand between the people and the selfish abuse of power by those in government".</p> <p></p>