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I can see where you're coming from but this analogy does not hold up. The German Constitutional Court (GCC) does exercise its powers, but it tries not to break
by chki 6y ago
I can see where you're coming from but this analogy does not hold up. The German Constitutional Court (GCC) does exercise its powers, but it tries not to break anything, therefore it gives the responsible actors some time to change the law/their behavior. Maybe another example: The Court decided that the (specific calculation of the) German property tax was unconstitutional. But if they just declared the whole tax void, this would have been an enormous problem for the state financing. Therefore they decided that the Government had roughly one year to set up a new system that would follow the constitutional requirements as laid out by the Court. This is what the government has done and now the requirements are fulfilled.
- sadfklsjlkjwt 6y agoYou originally posted a response to this. > Rulings of the constitutional court have almost no real life consequences. If there is a negative ruling the parliament is given ample time before the unconstitutional law must be replaced. If there is any replacement within that time, the same law, formulated differently, is passed. To say that the court does have power. But your example is an example of exactly what the OP was saying happens!
- chki 6y agoYes you are correct, that is an example except for this part >If there is any replacement within that time, the same law, formulated differently, is passed Which is not accurate. Actually the new laws are substantially different, in the case of the ground tax this is also very obvious.
- sadfklsjlkjwt 6y agoDid they replace a property tax with a tax paid on property?