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> neither parliament nor the government can dismiss judges This is wholly untrue. Parliament can do what it pleases, including disestablish the judiciary and
by mjburgess 5y ago
> neither parliament nor the government can dismiss judges
This is wholly untrue. Parliament can do what it pleases, including disestablish the judiciary and the executive.
- denton-scratch 5y agoYou're right, it can do what it pleases; it has been known to behead a monarch. But it still can't dismiss a judge, because Parliament doesn't employ the judges.
- pjc50 5y agoThis is technically true but kind of irrelevant? If it comes down to that level of radical transformation, of abolishing the judiciary, the state is on its way to disintegrating. Rather like the Royal power that exists only as long as it's not used.