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ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 days agoThere’s still a judicial challenge happening. And just because the UK doesn’t have written constitution doesn’t mean there’s no constitution at all. Most of it is even written down, just not in one place.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Hmm true, there is the ECHR. But it is implemented into british law in such a way that there’s nothing stopping laws being passed which are incompatible with it. Whereas with the US and other constitutions you have judicial review.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 days ago
That’s not specific to having a constitution. Judges in the Netherlands for example also cannot do a judicial review to determine the constitutionality of any passed laws. And that’s with a written constitution. There’s also no supreme court. The closest thing is the Raad van State (the “state council”), which evaluates all laws on proportionality, constitutionality, and executability, and then advises the government what to do with a law. It’s convention that that advice is followed, but it’s not required.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Interesting, I didn’tknow about that
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Except when it comes to trans people. Judicial review doesn’t apply to trans people.