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Some constitutional experts are highly critical of the Supreme Court’s decision. They believe that, far from making a careful judicial intervention, the Supreme Court is undertaking a naked power grab.
“I do think the court has overstepped the mark,” said Richard Ekins, associate professor of law at Oxford university and head of the Judicial Power Project at the Policy Exchange. “It is a startling judgment and I think it is badly mistaken.”
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He added: “It’s a very, very bold step by the court into the territory governed by the political constitution and shows a clear loss of faith in the political process. The court has chosen to assert jurisdiction in an area I and many other lawyers didn’t think that it had.”
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Jag skulle tro det är regeringen som tillsätter HD. Vid nästa tillsättning kommer politiska hänsyn att tas. Så skall inte domstolar fungera.
Men jag har redan skrivit en del om det tidigare. När domstolarna går in i politiken liknar det bananrepublik.
