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I have a feeling this would make things considerably more political. If you don’t like what judges decide, get people elected who will write things clearly int
by colechristensen 4y ago
I have a feeling this would make things considerably more political.
If you don’t like what judges decide, get people elected who will write things clearly into law. If they can’t do that, it sucks, go fix the political situation and stop trying to fix that dysfunction by making major systematic changes.
- hash872 4y ago>get people elected who will write things clearly into law You can pass whatever law you'd like now- the existing judiciary can simply decide that it doesn't apply or isn't 'constitutional', and their decisions aren't reviewable. It's awarding ultimate power in society to a very small group The vast majority of developed countries don't work this way, at all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty At a minimum, calling a law 'unconstitutional' should require a supermajority out of a fairly large body