UK Parliament to be Made Redundant?

caluml writes "The Guardian is reporting that the current UK government is trying to sneak a new law though in an innocuously named bill called 'The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill,' which would get rid of that pesky, interfering need to put laws to the Houses of Commons and Lords to approve. There is already the Parliament Act that can be used to force laws through, which was used recently for the hunting bill. " The original coverage is a bit old but the bill is still being tossed around in parliament. The text of the bill is also available via the UK Parliament website.

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Re:American Dictator

[Doc Ruby]

I see you are insisting on quaint pre-9/11 civics notions. As I detailed, Alito and Roberts believe that the old "checks and balances" system should be replaced with the "unitary executive", unchecked (and unbalanced). Using the signing statement to declare the law gives their cabal the legal tools to enforce signing statements.

I see you're not even paying attention to impeachement. A Republican Congress can impeach a president for lying about a blowjob. But even inconsequential censure is an unacceptable Congressional action when a Republican president violates FISA and the 4th Amendment.

You act like this president, Supreme Court and Congress are like the ones that came before them: that they respect government. They don't.