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To compare judges to kings in this case is so absurd as to barely be worth refuting. The court is working within within a legal framework, not wielding supreme
by thisiswater 5y ago
To compare judges to kings in this case is so absurd as to barely be worth refuting. The court is working within within a legal framework, not wielding supreme executive power granted by divine right and inherited through a dynasty.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoBut in the post I replied to, Applejinx made exactly that comparison. So don't blame me...
- wrycoder 5y agoThey wield supreme judicial power. The legislative body can then try pass laws to more precisely define the activities involved. The judiciary can then declare those new laws to be unconstitutional. That is an active judiciary. It is be deplored. The judiciary in the US is supposed to be the weakest branch of three. The EU is an example of what happens when it's the strongest.
- shadowgovt 5y agoThe ultimate backstop to this is constitutional amendments (in the cases where the issue is actually Constitutional... In the case of, for example, Oracle v Google, the courts declared APIs were copyrightable as a matter of law, which could be altered by legislation).