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But you have no safeguard against that? I mean here in France when the government or the assembly trie to pass a law that is potentially unconstitutional there
by Twisell 6y ago
But you have no safeguard against that?
I mean here in France when the government or the assembly trie to pass a law that is potentially unconstitutional there is an emergency review process by the "constitutional council" that can veto all or parts of the law that infringe.
This process just happened recently because our president tried to pass a "hate law" on social media that was deemed unconstitutional because it had too many unpredictable side effects on free speech principles.
- rsa25519 6y ago> But you have no safeguard against that? We do: the judicial branch.
- noir_lord 6y agoWhich is stacked by the party in power. For example the Republican stalling of appointment until they where in power.
- iso947 6y agoThus surely showing it’s not stacked by the party in power?
- dragonwriter 6y agoWell, showing that it's stacked by a combination of the party in power in the Senate and the one in power in the Executive; the earlier description would have been more clear with reference to which power centers were being referred to. The Republicans used being in power in the Senate to block appointments until they also held Executive power.
- xondono 6y agoWhile it seems quite absurd, most governments make this kinds of decisions. For instance, France has used similar tactics when rumors of Pepsi buying Danone came to light.
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