Ben Carson suggests presidents can disregard the Supreme Court

Presidential aspirant Ben Carson said Sunday he wasn't sold on the Supreme Court's longstanding authority to rule on the constitutionality of laws.

"We need to get into a discussion of this because it has changed from the original intent," Carson said on Fox News Sunday.

"The laws of the land, according to our Constitution, are provided by the legislative branch," he added. "The laws of the land are not provided by the judiciary."

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The high court has had the authority to review the constitutionality of laws since the landmark 1803 decision in Marbury v. Madison.

Last week, Carson raised eyebrows by suggesting the executive branch could ignore the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on same-sex marriage.