Comment by johnnyanmac
13 hours ago
>Even in the USA, the Supreme Court doesn't act on hypotheticals.
Yes. To rephrase it, they cannot act until it's already too late, and the damage has already been done.And we wonder why things are so broken.
13 hours ago
>Even in the USA, the Supreme Court doesn't act on hypotheticals.
Yes. To rephrase it, they cannot act until it's already too late, and the damage has already been done.And we wonder why things are so broken.
What alternative would you propose? How much additional workload would it create for the court system and how would you manage it considering their existing responsibilities?
I'd propose that Parliament bind itself and say "UK Government cannot create THESE types of law".
The courts can then adjudicate on whether Government did or didn't stray into self-prohibited territory.
This already exists in the Scottish Parliament, which has the power to legislate on devolved matters, but not reserved matters and excluded matters. If it does legislate in these latter areas, or the UK Government thinks it has legislated in these areas, off to the Supreme Court they go.