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There needs to be democratic checks and balances against such a judiciary. Impeachment of undemocratic judges needs to be on the table.
by xqcgrek2 2y ago
There needs to be democratic checks and balances against such a judiciary. Impeachment of undemocratic judges needs to be on the table.
- kanbara 2y agostop applying american ideas to the french system. europe has many checks and balances at several levels, and embezzling Union funds for your campaign does in fact make you not eligible to run for office for some time. it’s not even permanent.
- pjc50 2y agoYou're arguing that the conviction is unsound, or that the sentence I outside that permitted by the French legal code?
- tick_tock_tick 2y agoI mean clearly the French legal code needs to be changed if this is a valid sentence seems to be the general consensus.
- pjc50 2y agoConsensus among Americans on this site, which counts for very little.
- tick_tock_tick 2y agoI'd bet if you put it to a vote in France you'd find very little appetite to ban her either.