[rtkwe]

A Constitutional Court seems like a good idea except the politics surrounding it would be at least as bad as those surrounding the Supreme Court and probably worse because it'd have an earlier and thus more powerful interdiction chance against laws.

It usually isn't that much of an issue because normally unconstitutional laws are quickly brought up through the courts and along the way injunctions are issued preventing the problematic portions of the law from being exercised. It's an issue with the latest spying and PATRIOT ACT laws (along with all it's spawn) is the fact that because of the secrecy it's fairly impossible to prove standing for the challenge to begin in the first place.