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> This is counterproductive hyperbole. Not really. The courts ruling on something doesn't just immediately make that "ok." A lot of dictatorships actually do u
by aaomidi 3y ago
> This is counterproductive hyperbole.
Not really. The courts ruling on something doesn't just immediately make that "ok." A lot of dictatorships actually do use courts to make their rule seem more "in line with the law."
Anyway I'm fighting against the notion of, just because court says so it's ok.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> courts ruling on something doesn't just immediately make that "ok." No. But deciding a court is illegitimate because it rules in a way you don't like or, more likely, don't understand, is immature. Courts rule on the law. Sometimes the law is bad. Many systems don't have judicial review. (I don't think district courts in Sweden do.) Normalising this view of legitimacy ironically undermines both the rule of law and the democratic principle of protecting minority rights.
- aaomidi 3y ago> But deciding a court is illegitimate because it rules in a way you don't like or, more likely, don't understand, is immature. Nazi Germany regularly operated with the court's blessing. You'd consider disagreeing and de-legitimizing the court in that state being "immature"? I feel like folks are missing that so much of modern day dictatorship and fascism __actively operate within the parameters of government__. Courts, law, etc do not make something legitimate.