Not everything coming out of the legislatures the world over is pristine law and this is how the system can correct for mistakes.
This is a uniquely american approach.
Not everything coming out of the legislatures the world over is pristine law and this is how the system can correct for mistakes.
This is a uniquely american approach.
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 13 hours ago
Trusting judges is not uniquely American. You’ll find similar processes on the continent across the channel. The hurdles of who can sue and under which circumstances may differ. The appointment of judges is often less politicized. I think the UK is the unique case here and I believe that’s because by and large there isn’t a written constitution, at the very least not in the same way as in the US or France or Poland. Supreme courts are there as a check on whether or not laws conform to constitutional values and have the power to overrule a legislature when it passes laws that don’t. It’s not an “upper hand” deal, it’s checks and balances.
The American legal system is not great. I don’t know the details of the case you mentioned. One bad decision doesn’t mean the whole system needs to be abolished. If that were so I’d like to have a word with the UK’s highest court on what constitutes a woman.