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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by etrevino on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:38PM (#26084024)
You could say this about a president, too. If one president grabs more power his/her successor can be assured of trying to exploit that power. All of these systems rely on people respecting established political norms. There's no way to get around it.

I'm not defending the monarchy, mind you, I'm just pointing out that it doesn't matter if the chief executive is the monarch or a president.

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by notahacker on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:27AM (#26087510)
In general it has to be said a President is more likely to try this than a constitutional monarch, given that [i] Presidential elections select for people that are ambitious, have an agenda and are good at getting a large proportion of the population to support it and [ii]the President has a lot more theoretical legitimacy and generally constitutional power to assume 'emrgency powers' or sack a government
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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by pritambaral on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:59PM (#26084617)
Well, we have fresh evidence of a president doing exactly that. Fortunately, this president wasn't for life.
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